So you missed the end of Winter's Heart?! Wow. Go back and read the end if nothing else.
Yeah, the end was awesome, but it should have been at least 3 chapters instead of just one. You're basically shown the opening moves of a bunch of fights, and then taken straight to the conclusion. Would've been nice to see what actually happened in at least a few of those...
But, you know, the MIT people have been chasing AI for a long time, so maybe they don't think that understanding something is important as long as there's a good simulacrum of the thing they're trying to create. Black box computer science.
Oh my god, the MIT people have managed to program a Motie Watchmaker! DO NOT LET THAT THING OUT INTO THE INTERTUBES!!!
Right. Hell is a bit chilly, but hasn't frozen over until the source is actually released, and it's actually all of it, and under a tolerable license.
What exactly do you mean by "tolerable license"? They're not planning to open source it (in the sense of allowing people to use it in their own products.)
As I said, I have DSL right now. I was planning to switch to FIOS when they make it available in my area, but if what you're saying is true, I may reconsider that. On the other hand it's either that, or the evil Comcast, or stick with unreliable 768kb DSL....
How exactly are they stopping, say, a LinkSys router with firewall from sitting behind the FIOS router? To the FIOS router, the LinkSys would be just another computer, right? It shouldn't know or care what's going on beyond that point. Right now I have the exact same setup with my DSL modem/router. Neither one are in bridge mode.
Or are you just saying that the FIOS router cannot be put into bridge mode?
Whenever I see stories of other countries governments and corporations (or is there a difference anymore?) trampling over citizens' rights even worse than is done here in the States, it just gives me this warm glowing feeling inside for some reason.
Meanwhile Verizon FIOS has been rolling out firmware upgrade to their routers that prohibit you from running your own secure sub-net inside their routers.
Huh? Does that mean if I get FIOS, I wouldn't be able to plug in a wireless router into whatever the FIOS modem is?
So, even if I had the the bandwidth to upload graphic data (geometry, textures, etc) and download 1080p video in realtime without any buffering, my 5ms Monitor would now have to deal with at least 30ms in video latency?
Clear where? Indeed. However when more harmful mutations are being passed along than favorable, do you still call it evolution?
And if you human race ends up destroying itself (nukes, climate change, whatever), would you consider all those billions of mutations resulting in these great big brains of ours as "advantageous"? Or does only the short term count?
Sure, just remember that when talking about evolution wheedling out the "harmful" mutation, harmful is in context of procreation only. Dying a slow and agonizing death once you're no longer mating material is just fine as far as evolution is concerned.
So back to GGGP's comment of You idiot. More "harmful" mutations would get passed down less, because they are harmful to propagation., "harmful" is in the eye of the beholder. A mutation that caused the human race to slowly turn into cockroaches would probably be considered "beneficial", with the only disadvantage being that we wouldn't have a chance to spread out amongst the stars. But then, how likely is that anyway?
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So you missed the end of Winter's Heart?! Wow. Go back and read the end if nothing else.
Yeah, the end was awesome, but it should have been at least 3 chapters instead of just one. You're basically shown the opening moves of a bunch of fights, and then taken straight to the conclusion. Would've been nice to see what actually happened in at least a few of those...
I enjoy a Kit Kat bar more than caviar. OH NOES, THAT MAKES ME HOPELESS!!!
But, you know, the MIT people have been chasing AI for a long time, so maybe they don't think that understanding something is important as long as there's a good simulacrum of the thing they're trying to create. Black box computer science.
Oh my god, the MIT people have managed to program a Motie Watchmaker! DO NOT LET THAT THING OUT INTO THE INTERTUBES!!!
I'm confused, are we now for targeted advertisement based on browsing habbits?
Light Yagami, is that you?
If that don't learn'em, just kill'em.
Right. Hell is a bit chilly, but hasn't frozen over until the source is actually released, and it's actually all of it, and under a tolerable license.
What exactly do you mean by "tolerable license"? They're not planning to open source it (in the sense of allowing people to use it in their own products.)
Don't listen to parent, he is lying. So am I.
So I should be denied the medicine that cures me because you're worried about your health insurance?
All that would accomplish is immunity for politicians and their staff from this law.
Are all these legit (i.e. legally licensed, etc)?
I get most of my anime streaming from Hulu and the official Funimation site (which suffers from connection issues).
BTW, I'm pretty sure Hulu has 480p.
That's not true... the definition of the different classes of lasers is based on whether or not BLINKING will save you.
How do you know you need to blink? IIRC there are no pain receptors inside the retina (which is why looking at a partial eclipse is so dangerous.)
Sure, but then you'd have a fish in your ear.
Editors sleeping on the job
They were probably asked to write down the last two digits of the SS# as "the number of hours to sleep on the job" during their orientation.
The only time people are exploited in cases like this, is when GREED overcomes LOGIC and REASON
Why couldn't a GREEDY individual use LOGIC and REASON to get what he or she wants? Or are you saying that all greedy people are raving lunatics?
He had to stick his claw in that specific hole, and *bam* - there goes an hour of work.
You mean some people still haven't figured out that it's a good idea to save their work every 5 minutes?
As I said, I have DSL right now. I was planning to switch to FIOS when they make it available in my area, but if what you're saying is true, I may reconsider that. On the other hand it's either that, or the evil Comcast, or stick with unreliable 768kb DSL....
How exactly are they stopping, say, a LinkSys router with firewall from sitting behind the FIOS router? To the FIOS router, the LinkSys would be just another computer, right? It shouldn't know or care what's going on beyond that point. Right now I have the exact same setup with my DSL modem/router. Neither one are in bridge mode.
Or are you just saying that the FIOS router cannot be put into bridge mode?
Yeah, that's what she said.... and now I have a record.
Whenever I see stories of other countries governments and corporations (or is there a difference anymore?) trampling over citizens' rights even worse than is done here in the States, it just gives me this warm glowing feeling inside for some reason.
Meanwhile Verizon FIOS has been rolling out firmware upgrade to their routers that prohibit you from running your own secure sub-net inside their routers.
Huh? Does that mean if I get FIOS, I wouldn't be able to plug in a wireless router into whatever the FIOS modem is?
So, even if I had the the bandwidth to upload graphic data (geometry, textures, etc) and download 1080p video in realtime without any buffering, my 5ms Monitor would now have to deal with at least 30ms in video latency?
Clear where? Indeed. However when more harmful mutations are being passed along than favorable, do you still call it evolution?
And if you human race ends up destroying itself (nukes, climate change, whatever), would you consider all those billions of mutations resulting in these great big brains of ours as "advantageous"? Or does only the short term count?
That's really the choice of the game publisher/developer, isn't it?
Sure, just remember that when talking about evolution wheedling out the "harmful" mutation, harmful is in context of procreation only. Dying a slow and agonizing death once you're no longer mating material is just fine as far as evolution is concerned.
So back to GGGP's comment of You idiot. More "harmful" mutations would get passed down less, because they are harmful to propagation., "harmful" is in the eye of the beholder. A mutation that caused the human race to slowly turn into cockroaches would probably be considered "beneficial", with the only disadvantage being that we wouldn't have a chance to spread out amongst the stars. But then, how likely is that anyway?