plus I remember that it wasn't exactly about that Firefox or the company that built it, but rather offering something better over IE and their previous Mozilla Browser.
I don't really care who does it, as long as they do it well and on good terms. If they play by the rules, respect the community and web developers, they have my blessings.
I was thinking something along the same lines. 15 years of dedicated time to work on a project might result in a hell of a product. If he gets access to a laptop and plans it out carefully, in 15 years time he could walk out of prison and have jobs waiting for him. Hell, somebody as smart as Reiser could probably start up a business from inside jail.
are you serious? we are talking about hans reiser here. have you studied (or rather: tried to study) sources written by him? if you give this man 15 years to code "a hell of a product", he will code a hell of a product - literally!
No, that is just a lower bound: by counting the number of possible configurations it can be shown that there exists at least one configuration that takes 18 or more steps to solve. It says nothing about an upper bound, which could (and is!) somewhat larger. now this is where the anonymous coward from above could have been correct:
Or 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 (...) moves.
"Combined with with some of Rokicki's earlier work, this new result implies that for any arbitrary cube configuration, a solution exists in either 21, 22, or and 23 moves"
Or 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 or 19 or and 20 moves. note he said "arbitrary", which means that the minimum number of moves must be applicable to any state the cube is in. Of course you can be lucky to have a cube in front of you which just requires e.g. 2 turns to solve, but that doesn't apply to any other configuration.
I like to buy a new one, solved, and in the package, then using some CA (krazy glue) glue it together so nobody can "un-solve" it. Actually it is much more fun to glue the cube when it is unsolved, leave it lying around on cocktail parties, and count the innumerable fruitless attempts to solve it. Its colorful chaos will remain a splinter in the mind of every party guest throughout the festivities.
In reality, creating life through genetic engineering proves that you can create life through genetic engineering. Nothing more, nothing less. At least, not without knowing more about the process, which we wont unless it actually happens. Never said I'm interested in truth. It's boring;)
i think that it's a bit sad that the off-topic part of this discussion evolved, but anyway, here's my 2c.
And life created by men from scratch would be a demonstration of life being created by an intelligent designer.
since man was result of life processes, the brain could also be understood as a quick and dirty testing ground to speed up development, adding introspection to the process. being able to understand its own laws allows nature to evolve quicker - modify genes purposefully instead of trying to bruteforce the code.
so with man, a combination of genes has been found that puts more emphasis on introspection, since introspection and self-awareness in combination with precise control of extremities seem to be a winning move, or can at least outweigh any other degeneration of physical abilities (no body hair, exposed bellies, slow runner).
thus, genetic engineering is still a self-referencing process of evolution, but at a much faster rate. and like all other experiments, this one could fail or bring unexpected success - to evolution, not to mankind. we are just a middle man for things to come.
I don't think you can compare a discussion about whether to use FLOSS or not with whether to believe in "intelligent design" or not.
Unlike with the Open Source issue, believing in evolution or not does not matter. No matter what you believe how the world was born, this will not change the past, and it will certainly have no influence on the way you work.
The benefits of Open Source are nothing you can discuss about once the research has been done. And so far we are only talking about those objective business figures. The whole subjective part of it has only been covered in a handful of books, Eric S. Raymonds "Cathedral and Bazaar" being one of it.
Now this is entirely subjective, and needs to be backed up by objective research, but I'm confident I'm not the only one:
I am 26. I started programming when I was 9. For 15 years, I was exclusively using non-free products. Since I switched to working with open source products 2 years ago, my productivity has boasted. I have more work-related contacts than ever. I participate in various projects. I learn so much every day - about programming, and especially about working with other people. Because of those contacts, I get inside scoops and information that in non-free terms would be regarded as "classified". I feel that I shape myself into someone who will be able to do quite good consulting one day. I can safely say that my knowledge has never grown this fast.
Now show me anyone who can claim the opposite: "I used free software for 15 years, now I switched to non-free software, boy my productivity sky-rocketed! And I know so many people now!" - in fact, try to twist arguments and see if the shoe still fits. I can not see free software going away, and I can not see longtime users migrating back to Windows.
This is not a question of religion. This is a question of performance and optimal work flow.
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our solar system isn't special, it's orbitally challenged.
plus I remember that it wasn't exactly about that Firefox or the company that built it, but rather offering something better over IE and their previous Mozilla Browser. I don't really care who does it, as long as they do it well and on good terms. If they play by the rules, respect the community and web developers, they have my blessings.
...but be sure to google for that with msn live search!
...another reason for me to stay with Firefox! sometimes i feel tempted to switch to IE8, but i heard it's not easy to get it to run on Ubuntu. >:)
...or can i sue them for copyright infringement or violating other peoples intellectual property rights when they steal my crazy frog ringtone?
I was thinking something along the same lines. 15 years of dedicated time to work on a project might result in a hell of a product. If he gets access to a laptop and plans it out carefully, in 15 years time he could walk out of prison and have jobs waiting for him. Hell, somebody as smart as Reiser could probably start up a business from inside jail.
are you serious? we are talking about hans reiser here. have you studied (or rather: tried to study) sources written by him? if you give this man 15 years to code "a hell of a product", he will code a hell of a product - literally!
In the proto-indo-european language, "God" simply meant "Shut up". Of course that's a joke. But think about it.
The author of this article deserves to be shot for the headlines word play.
I'm kind of scared that there might be mentioning of the great Xenu somewhere in those documents.
Evolution a pile of shit? Do you think Creationism is going to be any better?
Gesundheit!
I switched my Gnome desktop theme about 20 times last year, unable to decide whether a Vista-styled theme was glorifying or mocking the competition.
Then I decided that I still prefer Clearlooks.
Boy, what a year.
but what if i shoot the robot?
does that mean that my argument is in no way true and that it is only and entirely a question of belief?
in this case i'm even more happy, since i can choose linux without having to be afraid of missing out on productivity or social contacts!
no.
And life created by men from scratch would be a demonstration of life being created by an intelligent designer.
since man was result of life processes, the brain could also be understood as a quick and dirty testing ground to speed up development, adding introspection to the process. being able to understand its own laws allows nature to evolve quicker - modify genes purposefully instead of trying to bruteforce the code.
so with man, a combination of genes has been found that puts more emphasis on introspection, since introspection and self-awareness in combination with precise control of extremities seem to be a winning move, or can at least outweigh any other degeneration of physical abilities (no body hair, exposed bellies, slow runner).
thus, genetic engineering is still a self-referencing process of evolution, but at a much faster rate. and like all other experiments, this one could fail or bring unexpected success - to evolution, not to mankind. we are just a middle man for things to come.
I don't think you can compare a discussion about whether to use FLOSS or not with whether to believe in "intelligent design" or not.
Unlike with the Open Source issue, believing in evolution or not does not matter. No matter what you believe how the world was born, this will not change the past, and it will certainly have no influence on the way you work.
The benefits of Open Source are nothing you can discuss about once the research has been done. And so far we are only talking about those objective business figures. The whole subjective part of it has only been covered in a handful of books, Eric S. Raymonds "Cathedral and Bazaar" being one of it.
Now this is entirely subjective, and needs to be backed up by objective research, but I'm confident I'm not the only one:
I am 26. I started programming when I was 9. For 15 years, I was exclusively using non-free products. Since I switched to working with open source products 2 years ago, my productivity has boasted. I have more work-related contacts than ever. I participate in various projects. I learn so much every day - about programming, and especially about working with other people. Because of those contacts, I get inside scoops and information that in non-free terms would be regarded as "classified". I feel that I shape myself into someone who will be able to do quite good consulting one day. I can safely say that my knowledge has never grown this fast.
Now show me anyone who can claim the opposite: "I used free software for 15 years, now I switched to non-free software, boy my productivity sky-rocketed! And I know so many people now!" - in fact, try to twist arguments and see if the shoe still fits. I can not see free software going away, and I can not see longtime users migrating back to Windows.
This is not a question of religion. This is a question of performance and optimal work flow.
the drive to rock!
Linus argument as quoted in the scoop sounds a bit like a sequel to the Beatles' "Strawberry Fields".
This reference might be a bit far fetched. But check the lyrics.
please, it's not stealing if you make a copy!
Remove the 'H', the 'E' add an 'R' and make it a fapping device!