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check out this
MSRI Publication for an interesting discussion on {\em Games of no Chance}. These are games where $2$ players alternatively play and each has complete information. Also the game is bound to terminate with the winner being the last person to move. Chess also falls under this category, as do many other interesting combinatorial and topological games like Go, Ko, Checkers etc. While some like Checkers have been tamed, others like Chess or Go refuse to give up.
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that is not quite true. A nondeterministic Turing Machine is a Turing machine that guesses an answer and then checks it. A quantum Turing Machine instead checks all possible answers in one go, however the result you get is a mixed state with all the answers. The problem is how to extract the one you need. A typical example is the quantum search algorithm. So assuming you have a list of n numbers with only one satisying a certain property. What a quantum computer does is to calculate the property for all numbers in the list in a single step!! However, from that result, you need to make an obervation and at the start, all possible answers have equal probability of happening. The neat idea(the algorithm) is to enhance the probability of getting the correct answer by applying some "operations", so that when you make an observation, you get the correct result with high probability. The fundamental steps of the algorithm are different.
"for just about every shape of wheel there's an appropriate road to produce a smooth ride, and vice versa.
surely Mr Wagon(!), you have never driven on Indian roads!
But this would still be limited to the confines of the Church-Turing hypothesis. Fundamentally, it doesn't seem to be a stronger model of computation. Even quantum computing is a different model than the Turing machine, however it is not yet known if it is strictly stronger. At a first glance, this just seems to be a novel way of making reconfigurable circuits. But can it beat the Turing machine? I doubt it...
d00d, you should see my linux machine running GNOME with a cool picture of Laetitia Casta staring at you...no icons no nothing hiding anything...how can there be anything more attractive...
daily quota of one 'bash M$' article per day...
and the daily quota of India bashing:p. I totally agree with you. Sometimes, it can become annoying. Just because most linux networks are behind firewalls or are well protected, doesn't give us a reason to bash MS. Personally, I have always been a linux only user, but linux is still not at a stage when it can be used by the average person.
I thought the lady was in Pakistan?? It seems that it has become a trend to just blame India for everything. Is it their fault that some American CEO is outsourcing the job of average joe to India, just so he can buy another beach house.
".. capable of walking, dancing... "
An actual robot aimed at fighting crime need not have "fancy stuff" like cool goggles or a pair of dancing feet! What would actually be useful is something that actually models "high level" events like a person stealing a case from another person. Or maybe a person leaving a suitcase unattended and leaving the scene. In fact, this can be done by moving cameras mounted on pan-tilt units, not necessarily fancy dancing robots. In fact there is research being done on doing this with cameras. A "robot" with such a functionality would be much more useful than one which goes around preaching righteousness in Cantonese.
"Microsoft includes a note... that they can send the software back to Microsoft"
To : bill.gates@microsoft.com CC : allgroups@sco.com Attchmnt : MyDoom_for_Linux.exe Subject : A software that creates Linux viruses. ----- Message Text ----- Dear Bill,
The goal of this program is to give you a taste of this new software and allow you to learn how it might be of use to your organization in a positive way.
PS: You may, at your discretion, return this product package to us at our expense.
Slashdot Mirror
24 hours from now, Bill Gates is gonna commit suicide!
The King Is Dead, Long Live The King
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check out this MSRI Publication for an interesting discussion on {\em Games of no Chance}. These are games where $2$ players alternatively play and each has complete information. Also the game is bound to terminate with the winner being the last person to move. Chess also falls under this category, as do many other interesting combinatorial and topological games like Go, Ko, Checkers etc. While some like Checkers have been tamed, others like Chess or Go refuse to give up.
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Go karma, go
$ man woman
$ No manual entry for woman
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that is not quite true. A nondeterministic Turing Machine is a Turing machine that guesses an answer and then checks it. A quantum Turing Machine instead checks all possible answers in one go, however the result you get is a mixed state with all the answers. The problem is how to extract the one you need. A typical example is the quantum search algorithm. So assuming you have a list of n numbers with only one satisying a certain property. What a quantum computer does is to calculate the property for all numbers in the list in a single step!! However, from that result, you need to make an obervation and at the start, all possible answers have equal probability of happening. The neat idea(the algorithm) is to enhance the probability of getting the correct answer by applying some "operations", so that when you make an observation, you get the correct result with high probability. The fundamental steps of the algorithm are different.
I had a life before I got karma
"for just about every shape of wheel there's an appropriate road to produce a smooth ride, and vice versa.
surely Mr Wagon(!), you have never driven on Indian roads!
I had a life before I got karma
But this would still be limited to the confines of the Church-Turing hypothesis. Fundamentally, it doesn't seem to be a stronger model of computation. Even quantum computing is a different model than the Turing machine, however it is not yet known if it is strictly stronger. At a first glance, this just seems to be a novel way of making reconfigurable circuits. But can it beat the Turing machine? I doubt it...
I had a life before I got karma
d00d, you should see my linux machine running GNOME with a cool picture of Laetitia Casta staring at you...no icons no nothing hiding anything...how can there be anything more attractive...
I had a life before I got karma
but soon you'll have an Inbox of 1 GB !
I had a life before I got karma
Dr. Huncut Mici's homepage shows him in well... colorful attire. Also his cv and publications are worth a look.
I had a life before I got karma
messing around with DARPA...
rm -rf ~/*
slashdotting in record time..
daily quota of one 'bash M$' article per day... :p. I totally agree with you. Sometimes, it can become annoying. Just because most linux networks are behind firewalls or are well protected, doesn't give us a reason to bash MS. Personally, I have always been a linux only user, but linux is still not at a stage when it can be used by the average person.
and the daily quota of India bashing
dunno, try searching on this site
I thought the lady was in Pakistan?? It seems that it has become a trend to just blame India for everything. Is it their fault that some American CEO is outsourcing the job of average joe to India, just so he can buy another beach house.
I'm not a member you insensitive clod.
Here's an interesting article on Russian Space Dogs
and some interesting facts? about the Russian Space Program.
I hope this doesn't mean more spam....
".. capable of walking, dancing ... "
An actual robot aimed at fighting crime need not have "fancy stuff" like cool goggles or a pair of dancing feet! What would actually be useful is something that actually models "high level" events like a person stealing a case from another person. Or maybe a person leaving a suitcase unattended and leaving the scene. In fact, this can be done by moving cameras mounted on pan-tilt units, not necessarily fancy dancing robots. In fact there is research being done on doing this with cameras. A "robot" with such a functionality would be much more useful than one which goes around preaching righteousness in Cantonese.
What universe is this, please?
This animation is really funny..
Pak Chooie Unf!
that won't even compile on systems like our society...
Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity
(A.K.A The Song of Failing Disks)
Ten little gigabytes, waiting on line
one caught a virus, then there were nine.
Nine little gigabytes, holding just the date,
someone jammed a write protect, then there were eight.
Eight little gigabytes, should have been eleven,
then they cut the budget, now there are seven.
Seven little gigabytes, involved in mathematics
stored an even larger prime, now there are six.
Six little gigabytes, working like a hive,
one died of overwork, now there are five.
Five little gigabytes, trying to add more
plugged in the wrong lead, now there are four.
Four little gigabytes, failing frequently,
one used for spare parts, now there are three.
Three little gigabytes, have too much to do
service man on holiday, now there are two.
Two little gigabytes, badly overrun,
took the work elsewhere, now just need one.
One little gigabyte, systems far too small
shut the whole thing down, now there's none at all.