Slashdot has created a vibrant, energetic technological community. There's no denying the impact it has had on news-oriented websites.
But articles like these really sift the bottom of the gene pool. The slashdot of today is filled with the "let's post anything controversial to increase our reply rate and our ad rate"! Not the "let's post what's cool and interesting" any more.
Injecting irrelevant political commentary in the guise of a relevant news story is really, really pathetic. I used to use Slashdot as my home page, but now I won't visit it again.
Au revoir, Taco. It was fun while it lasted. Too bad you don't have journalistic ethics anymore.
Not strictly true. The Japanese equivalent of chess is a game named shogi, a game that is much more "deep" than chess due to the fact that captured pieces can "parachute" back onto the board at almost any position. It's a very interesting game, although arguably not as deep as go.
I'm a Go fan as well but often can't get into it because the popular consensus is that your enjoyment of Go is proportional to your expertise at it. (Beginners dislike it, experts revel in it) This is opposite that of the typical Chess experience:-) Anyway, I get frustrated at the deep strategical thought required for successful Go-playing... I'm a much more slash-and-hack kind of person who enjoys Chess better.:-)
OK, forget the "duplicate" issue for now. Let's assume that one (1) of your neurons is replaced with a machine equivalent. Are you still living as yourself? Undoubtedly yes.
Let's assume this process continues; your gray matter is seamlessly replaced by machine-based neurons, one at a time. By the time the process is complete, you will will be you and you will have noticed no ill effects, except for the fact that you are thinking 1000 times faster...
Actually, there is a special tour you can take called "Backstage Magic" where they take you to see the simulator at Body Wars, the "utilidors" under the Magic Kingdom, etc. It gets very popular (so much so that you have to reserve space months in advance, supposedly).
BTW great article Mr. Katz. Love the description of theme parks as "rendered worlds".
Amen -- Python is a beautiful language that is powerful and flexible and (most importantly) eminently readable!
I was blown away when I heard about JPython the other day. This will allow you to load and interact with Java objects on the fly, in the interpreter. When you're done you can stream it all out to disk. It's like a toy shop:)
Plus, the Win32 API and COM is exposed under Python too so you can take your pick. (Or Tk for the Unix folk.)
Anyway, If I wanted to read code that looks like Perl, I would 'cat' a core dump.
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Slashdot has created a vibrant, energetic technological community. There's no denying the impact it has had on news-oriented websites.
But articles like these really sift the bottom of the gene pool. The slashdot of today is filled with the "let's post anything controversial to increase our reply rate and our ad rate"! Not the "let's post what's cool and interesting" any more.
Injecting irrelevant political commentary in the guise of a relevant news story is really, really pathetic. I used to use Slashdot as my home page, but now I won't visit it again.
Au revoir, Taco. It was fun while it lasted. Too bad you don't have journalistic ethics anymore.
Not strictly true. The Japanese equivalent of chess is a game named shogi, a game that is much more "deep" than chess due to the fact that captured pieces can "parachute" back onto the board at almost any position. It's a very interesting game, although arguably not as deep as go.
I'm a Go fan as well but often can't get into it because the popular consensus is that your enjoyment of Go is proportional to your expertise at it. (Beginners dislike it, experts revel in it) This is opposite that of the typical Chess experience :-) Anyway, I get frustrated at the deep strategical thought required for successful Go-playing... I'm a much more slash-and-hack kind of person who enjoys Chess better. :-)
Let's assume this process continues; your gray matter is seamlessly replaced by machine-based neurons, one at a time. By the time the process is complete, you will will be you and you will have noticed no ill effects, except for the fact that you are thinking 1000 times faster...
And then, you'll never die.
Sony's AIBO site is http://www.world.sony.com/aibo, _NOT_ www.aibo.com!! The latter is some fan-created site...
Does anyone have an address where we can send get-well-soon cards??
Thanks...
Actually, there is a special tour you can take called "Backstage Magic" where they take you to see the simulator at Body Wars, the "utilidors" under the Magic Kingdom, etc. It gets very popular (so much so that you have to reserve space months in advance, supposedly).
BTW great article Mr. Katz. Love the description of theme parks as "rendered worlds".
...right here:
http://www.thecoca- colacompany.com/newsub.asp?NewsDate=10/28/99
Of note is the comment that they are going to provide "interactive experiences" at the coke machine. Any comments ??
I think it would ship with a very small embedded-like OS, given its goal. Something like Linux is overkill for simple web surfing.
I wouldn't be surprised if it came with a customized version of QNX or something.
Amen -- Python is a beautiful language that is powerful and flexible and (most importantly) eminently readable!
:)
I was blown away when I heard about JPython the other day. This will allow you to load and interact with Java objects on the fly, in the interpreter. When you're done you can stream it all out to disk. It's like a toy shop
Plus, the Win32 API and COM is exposed under Python too so you can take your pick. (Or Tk for the Unix folk.)
Anyway, If I wanted to read code that looks like Perl, I would 'cat' a core dump.
I have to say, I like the silver one a lot
:)
better. I think the new black one is ugly.
I hope I don't get branded a racist or something
for saying that
What a great list! These are great ideas for any kind of "free time" computing project. Does anything like this exist anywhere else on the net?
Take a classic board game and write your own computer version of it. Program "perfect" play for the computer player.
Just remember that there are some games where "perfect" play is very difficult, if not impossible (Go springs to mind, as well as Chess).
Things like Othello and Checkers are do-able though.
Download the Infocom engine and write your own adventure. Write your own MUD or chat program.
Amen! Inform and TADS are great starting points for those aspiring nonlinear writers out there...