Me (on being born): Hey! My stats suck! GM: Sorry... that's the way I rolled them. Me: What are the odds of my highest stat being an 8. GM: Sorry... that's the way I rolled them. Me: 3d6... and look at all those 6's and 7's... GM: 3d SIX? Thought I was supposed to roll 3d FOUR. Me: Whew... ok... reroll. GM: Sorry... that's the way I rolled them.
So here I am stuck with low intelligence, wisdom, dexterity and charisma. If it weren't for Slashdot, I wouldn't fit in anywhere!
Excuse my ignorance... not trying to start any fights... if I wanted to play with a purely java implementation of a web page as opposed to ASP/ASP.NET how could I quickly get started? And good IDE's that I could play around with to get my feet wet?
That was because he specified it must be a dual fuel source capable plane -- jet fuel and peanut oil. This was before the ethanol crowd got into power.
Scroll through to Fusion is Neither Clean nor Safe Read their seni-true statements. Sure fusion ain't perfectly clean, but it is about 6 orders of magnitude cleaner the fission, and infinitely cleaner than coal.
They talk about if a meltdown occured, the potential contamination of the reactor would have to be cleaned up... but neglect to mention the negative aspects of nuclear... or coal... instead of metal being irradiated, people die when problems occur in THOSE power plants.
The fact is, Greenpeace and Sierra want us to use less power. Maybe that isn't a bad idea... but it makes me skeptical of their evaluation of any new technology. If it doesn't fit their ideology, it will be branded as "anti-environment" whether it is true or not.
Greenpeace Canada came out against using Canada as a site for ITER. The quote was "We already have a fusion generator... it's called the sun". Brilliant.
Greenpeace has their head so far up their ass it ain't funny. They actually take evironmentalists back a step, as they have to apologize for GP tactics first.
But that doesn't mean I have to be an ass (or reply in such a partisan manner that I look like one)to people who do.
What? Didn't you read the EULA when you registered with Slashdot?
In all seriousness, the.NET framework is really a productivity godsend for the business app developer. Can't say its all that for every type of application, but Microsoft got it right for its core constituency.
Why is it that folks throw around "AI", when all they've done is teach computers how to switch around and use pre-defined strategies to deal with a tightly situation? Real AI is when you can take pre-learned strategies, adapt and apply them to a situation that are only minimally like situations you've faced before?
Of course, using that definition, most folks aren't intelligent... which makes me think my definition must be close:)
Yup. And as employer's rates go up, they go "oh darnees. I guess we will just have to eat that cost." or they might go "we will raise the price of our prodcuts, lower wages, or both"
I will leave it as an exercise to the reader to figure out which of these is more likely to occur.
Sounds like a "team building event" at management training school: Cooperative tic-tac toe. You and your teammate have to get three in a row. Alternating, each of you puts an X on a three by three grid. Can you finish in six moves or less?
Heck, I'd bet three out of four of them could do it! . . . . . . .
(and yes, I do know it is impossible NOT to do it in six moves)..
1169.5 is my personal best. You get a much better score if you hit the sucker on a low-line drive... the penguine skids across the ice instead of just splatting....
Non-Random does not mean "no risk". Risk is defined as the perception from the participant. If the chain of events is beyond the participants ability to calculate, then to him it is risk.
I am reminded of an International Master (I think it was Edmar Mednis) when setting up the board to the starting position: "We have now arrived at an interesting position. While it is a theoretical draw, it is very difficult to prove over the board."
This comes from my poor memory... if someone has a more accurate quote, I'd appreciate it;)
And that is the real point. Is our "self worth" simply a figment of our imagination, religous or otherwise? Or do we really have a worth beyond our ability to produce measurable things?
And what happens when everything measurable CAN be done by a machine? Will society adapt? Will a small minority sit on a vast empire, while the majority have nothing? Or will humanity disappear entirely?
The next century should prove fascinating.
(and not only because chess will be PROVEN a theoretical draw by the end of it )
Please tell me how I do not understand risk? Risk is uncertainty of results. When a human player who cannot see the results of his actions with 100% certainty, there is risk. When a player chooses to let his opponent have counterplay in return for opening up an attack of his own, that is risk.
Petrosian played for certainty... this means he often gave up some promising lines of play in order to reduce his opponent's chances. This is called reducing risk.
And, no, chess has not been PROVEN a draw. But please find me any expert who thinks chess is a forced win for white... If there were a forced win, several hundred years of chess (in current form) would have discovered it. Chess programs would have stumbled on it. There are opening lines in chess that have been analyze 20, 30, 40 moves deep. Yet, every analysis shows black always has some recorse, or the ability to avoid the line in the first place.
If you disagree... find me any Master level player or higher that corroberates your view.
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Me (on being born): Hey! My stats suck!
GM: Sorry... that's the way I rolled them.
Me: What are the odds of my highest stat being an 8.
GM: Sorry... that's the way I rolled them.
Me: 3d6... and look at all those 6's and 7's...
GM: 3d SIX? Thought I was supposed to roll 3d FOUR.
Me: Whew... ok... reroll.
GM: Sorry... that's the way I rolled them.
So here I am stuck with low intelligence, wisdom, dexterity and charisma. If it weren't for Slashdot, I wouldn't fit in anywhere!
Finally managed to download. Looks like they added two US mirrors. Wish they gave you the size of the download before you started though...
Also, wonder with their 1 million download challenge... I probably show up as seven of them due to failures mid way through.
Any idea how many developers are using Eclipse?
Havent't you heard? They are buying Microsoft next week. Vertical integration, they called it...
Five more times after that and I can become a Slashdot editor :)
... I think my IQ dropped five points. And I didn't have that much to spare in the first place...
Any valid links to download? All three U.S. Mirrors informed me that the file couldn't be located...
Excuse my ignorance... not trying to start any fights... if I wanted to play with a purely java implementation of a web page as opposed to ASP/ASP.NET how could I quickly get started? And good IDE's that I could play around with to get my feet wet?
That was because he specified it must be a dual fuel source capable plane -- jet fuel and peanut oil. This was before the ethanol crowd got into power.
Sorry for replying a second time. I finally found the link, and it turns out it was the Sierra club that made the statement I remember (remove spaces to make links work):s ion-03-06-16.html
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http://www.sierraclub.ca/national/media/iter-deci
However, Greenpeace is just as bad:
http://www.iter.ca/backgrounders/iter-subsidylett
Scroll through to Fusion is Neither Clean nor Safe Read their seni-true statements. Sure fusion ain't perfectly clean, but it is about 6 orders of magnitude cleaner the fission, and infinitely cleaner than coal.
They talk about if a meltdown occured, the potential contamination of the reactor would have to be cleaned up... but neglect to mention the negative aspects of nuclear... or coal... instead of metal being irradiated, people die when problems occur in THOSE power plants.
The fact is, Greenpeace and Sierra want us to use less power. Maybe that isn't a bad idea... but it makes me skeptical of their evaluation of any new technology. If it doesn't fit their ideology, it will be branded as "anti-environment" whether it is true or not.
Greenpeace Canada came out against using Canada as a site for ITER. The quote was "We already have a fusion generator... it's called the sun". Brilliant.
Greenpeace has their head so far up their ass it ain't funny. They actually take evironmentalists back a step, as they have to apologize for GP tactics first.
But that doesn't mean I have to be an ass (or reply in such a partisan manner that I look like one)to people who do.
.NET framework is really a productivity godsend for the business app developer. Can't say its all that for every type of application, but Microsoft got it right for its core constituency.
What? Didn't you read the EULA when you registered with Slashdot?
In all seriousness, the
Admit it: you only know that from the 'In the Navy' video.
I for one cheered when Mr. Burns impersonated a hippy and sank their ship. It was great!
Nah. Just require all cars to run at 12mpg or less.
Why is it that folks throw around "AI", when all they've done is teach computers how to switch around and use pre-defined strategies to deal with a tightly situation? Real AI is when you can take pre-learned strategies, adapt and apply them to a situation that are only minimally like situations you've faced before?
:)
Of course, using that definition, most folks aren't intelligent... which makes me think my definition must be close
Yup. And as employer's rates go up, they go "oh darnees. I guess we will just have to eat that cost." or they might go "we will raise the price of our prodcuts, lower wages, or both"
I will leave it as an exercise to the reader to figure out which of these is more likely to occur.
Sounds like a "team building event" at management training school: Cooperative tic-tac toe. You and your teammate have to get three in a row. Alternating, each of you puts an X on a three by three grid. Can you finish in six moves or less?
Heck, I'd bet three out of four of them could do it!
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(and yes, I do know it is impossible NOT to do it in six moves)..
I believed you the first time you told us. Sheesh! :)
In the end, I'm saving $3/month and getting fantastic customer service to boot (plus some other features the RoadRunner service doesn't have).
Such as? I'm curious... might make me switch..
1169.5 is my personal best. You get a much better score if you hit the sucker on a low-line drive... the penguine skids across the ice instead of just splatting....
:)
THanks for the link
I knew you were a troll when you said "Petrosian was a hack". Even Kasparov praised him...
Calling a world champion a hack... what is your ELO?
Your logic is only surpassed by your text editing abilities...
Non-Random does not mean "no risk". Risk is defined as the perception from the participant. If the chain of events is beyond the participants ability to calculate, then to him it is risk.
Agreed :)
;)
I am reminded of an International Master (I think it was Edmar Mednis) when setting up the board to the starting position: "We have now arrived at an interesting position. While it is a theoretical draw, it is very difficult to prove over the board."
This comes from my poor memory... if someone has a more accurate quote, I'd appreciate it
And that is the real point. Is our "self worth" simply a figment of our imagination, religous or otherwise? Or do we really have a worth beyond our ability to produce measurable things?
And what happens when everything measurable CAN be done by a machine? Will society adapt? Will a small minority sit on a vast empire, while the majority have nothing? Or will humanity disappear entirely?
The next century should prove fascinating.
(and not only because chess will be PROVEN a theoretical draw by the end of it )
Please tell me how I do not understand risk? Risk is uncertainty of results. When a human player who cannot see the results of his actions with 100% certainty, there is risk. When a player chooses to let his opponent have counterplay in return for opening up an attack of his own, that is risk.
Petrosian played for certainty... this means he often gave up some promising lines of play in order to reduce his opponent's chances. This is called reducing risk.
And, no, chess has not been PROVEN a draw. But please find me any expert who thinks chess is a forced win for white... If there were a forced win, several hundred years of chess (in current form) would have discovered it. Chess programs would have stumbled on it. There are opening lines in chess that have been analyze 20, 30, 40 moves deep. Yet, every analysis shows black always has some recorse, or the ability to avoid the line in the first place.
If you disagree... find me any Master level player or higher that corroberates your view.