"...a long time a member of the largest council on what is now one of the oldest guilds in the world."
He obviously still takes the game seriously, if only by bringing up ad nauseum the fact that he was in some imaginary position of power. This romantic notion that he abandoned some great epic saga seems to give him great rpide, like he made the ultimate sacrifice for some greater good.
He may have left the game, but he's still living in an imaginary world from the looks of it. Although, it's possible his leaving the game could mean the end of the world...
Terror is a tactic. It's not a person, group, or nation-state. This entire debacle is akin to declaring a war on 'shock and awe'. It's a war against thought that can never end and only hurtles us faster towards an authoritarian state.
The fact that our Congress has let GWB trounce on our laws in the name of this 'war' indicates to me that having after-the-fact oversight is actually a ticket for arbitrary use with optional oversight.
Writing an AI for a Real-Time Strategy game provides the same challenges involving reasoning over imperfect and uncertain information. It also adds planning, including joint and partial plans, and resource management to the mix.
If anything I would argue that Poker is best suited to research involving modeling of an opponent, since knowing how your opponents play is key to creating an optimal strategy.
"The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us."
It's not supposed to be efficient yet, it's just supposed to work. If they can get the concept down it's only a matter of optimization as they move forward. They've shown that the technology can get us there, which is what the people with all the money want to know before they decide to spend on it.
You bet. It amazes me how well E.M. Forster was able to analyze the progression of technology in 1909 and envision a future so hauntingly similar to our present.
The idea isn't to share vulnerabilities first. The idea is to share the *fixes* before they are made so that preparations can be made ahead of time for upcoming patches. This allows admins to install patches as they receive them, having already investigated the possible repercussions of the changes.
I'd guess they assume that those higher-tier customers would be the most adversely affected by an unexpected patch change. Seems logical enough to me.
Once this technology has matured and some more headway can be made in Natural Language Processing, (uncertainty for teh win) we'll be on the cusp of some really excellent improvements in human-computer interfaces.
It's becoming more common to see 'intelligent' systems being built to mirror the architecture of the human nervous system. This will be a necessary step to forming a generally proficient AI system.
The day a computer can readily recognize you're being sarcastic, it's time to be paranoid.
"one has to wonder whether airing such a controvercial movie on the eve of an election helps or hurts the political process by influencing the vote with last-minute emotions rather than thoroughly contemplation."
Just like telling voters that voting for Kerry will be the prelude to another serious terror attack. Almost sounds like a threat to me.
True enough. I'd imagine moving a shuttle is no trivial matter. But they seem to be pretty worried about it, and one would think objects of that perceived value would have contingencies in place to ensure their safe keeping.
It just seems to support the theory that NASA has more to gain from their utter destruction than they would from going out of their way to preserve them.
Granted, it will be a horrible loss for the space program. But, I'd guess it would really hit home with a lot of people who dreamed of being astronauts when they were a kid.. to know their children can't have those same dreams now. One can't help but think the notion of that will motivate people to help NASA rekindle those dreams.
If you DO decide to take acid, take only one hit and wait at least an hour for it to kick in. Taking more because you "don't feel anything yet" is likely to make your first experience a bad one.;)
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He obviously still takes the game seriously, if only by bringing up ad nauseum the fact that he was in some imaginary position of power. This romantic notion that he abandoned some great epic saga seems to give him great rpide, like he made the ultimate sacrifice for some greater good.
He may have left the game, but he's still living in an imaginary world from the looks of it. Although, it's possible his leaving the game could mean the end of the world...
of warcraft.
a buffer overflow causing a core dump.
The fact that our Congress has let GWB trounce on our laws in the name of this 'war' indicates to me that having after-the-fact oversight is actually a ticket for arbitrary use with optional oversight.
If anything I would argue that Poker is best suited to research involving modeling of an opponent, since knowing how your opponents play is key to creating an optimal strategy.
-- G.K. Chesterton
I'd suggest a much better division of gaming humankind in this case would be:
1. Those with disposable monthly income
2. Those without disposable monthly income
I assume most people that pay a monthly subscription for a game also find it both fun and good.
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Amy Fisher was neither a gamer nor a hitman.
It's not supposed to be efficient yet, it's just supposed to work. If they can get the concept down it's only a matter of optimization as they move forward. They've shown that the technology can get us there, which is what the people with all the money want to know before they decide to spend on it.
You bet. It amazes me how well E.M. Forster was able to analyze the progression of technology in 1909 and envision a future so hauntingly similar to our present.
In 30 years we'll all be living underground, our every need attended to by The Machine!
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does a great skit on the bane of public cellhpone usage. For me, it's the most humorous sketch they have.
"Guess laptops should get a namechange soon... before our fertility does." Before our fertility gets a name change? Is this a Babelfish translation?
Sounds like a lack load balancing to me.
It's good to see them turning the "viewing changes the data" caveat into an advantage in this case.
In mother Japan, flower speaks to YOU.
Imagine a beowulf cluster of these!
I'd guess they assume that those higher-tier customers would be the most adversely affected by an unexpected patch change. Seems logical enough to me.
Once this technology has matured and some more headway can be made in Natural Language Processing, (uncertainty for teh win) we'll be on the cusp of some really excellent improvements in human-computer interfaces. It's becoming more common to see 'intelligent' systems being built to mirror the architecture of the human nervous system. This will be a necessary step to forming a generally proficient AI system. The day a computer can readily recognize you're being sarcastic, it's time to be paranoid.
Just like telling voters that voting for Kerry will be the prelude to another serious terror attack. Almost sounds like a threat to me.
True enough. I'd imagine moving a shuttle is no trivial matter. But they seem to be pretty worried about it, and one would think objects of that perceived value would have contingencies in place to ensure their safe keeping.
It just seems to support the theory that NASA has more to gain from their utter destruction than they would from going out of their way to preserve them.
Granted, it will be a horrible loss for the space program. But, I'd guess it would really hit home with a lot of people who dreamed of being astronauts when they were a kid.. to know their children can't have those same dreams now. One can't help but think the notion of that will motivate people to help NASA rekindle those dreams.
It's better to burn out than to fade away.
From NASAs perspective, a disaster of this scale may be just what they need to raise public awareness and get a wad of "pity cash".
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If you DO decide to take acid, take only one hit and wait at least an hour for it to kick in. Taking more because you "don't feel anything yet" is likely to make your first experience a bad one. ;)