Just a bit of small nitpicking - yes, factoring has been proved NP (but, as you say, it hasn't been proven NPC - if it did, Shor algorithm could be used to solve all NP problems, which include most of the problems which we solve today with computers, even the ones which are slow on them, such as NP complete problems).
My point in my original post is that this software should be considered spyware because of the fact that it collects 'personal' data (depending on your perspective) and reports it to another party without first asking you if it is alright.
What if it just says "cheating detected" or "everything seems fine as far as I can tell" to the server? I ask this because I'm thinking that it's probably what it does...
This is exactly the same bullshit "logic" that we once saw from the gmail critics, who were apparently shocked by the fact that gmail algorithms were scanning their emails in order to serve them targeted ads. What those people don't think about is that there are already thousands of other algorithms which are going through the text of your mails, starting with the mail server which has to receive it and store it...
Here, the case is the same - there are already many other algorithms going through the data which this program accesses, starting with MS Windows code... What do I care if an algorithm is reading my data? As long as it doesn't send enough information to Blizzard for them to recover that same data (in this case it probably only sends a boolean value saying CHEATING or NOT CHEATING), I don't care! Algorithms are not people...
The fact is that Aubrey de Grey is a respected biologist (despite having a degree in computer science), and participates in many important conferences, according to what I've read. If you find information which contradicts this, please give me a link. In the meantime, perhaps you should check your facts better before posting such things.
Well, one of the dupes is from October 15 2003 while the other one is of December 28 1998. Today is October 15 2005, which is probably the reason for the last part of that sentence.
The main logical error Kurzweil makes is simply that he thinks computers will get smarter because they get faster.
No he doesn't, he just says that there are two fields which are advancing in parallel - the science of the hardware required to simulate a human brain, and the science of the SOFTWARE required to simulate the human brain (which is computer science mixed with biology, medicine and probably physics). He obviously doesn't say that faster hardware will magically become sentient...
Yep, that's interesting, but I believe that the past has proven (I think there are some examples in mathematics) that lost knowledge can take a very long time to be rediscovered...
Me too. Another "good" way to lose history is to use the back button and then open another site - bam, the forward history is gone. So I would love the feature you're talking about.
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Just a bit of small nitpicking - yes, factoring has been proved NP (but, as you say, it hasn't been proven NPC - if it did, Shor algorithm could be used to solve all NP problems, which include most of the problems which we solve today with computers, even the ones which are slow on them, such as NP complete problems).
My point in my original post is that this software should be considered spyware because of the fact that it collects 'personal' data (depending on your perspective) and reports it to another party without first asking you if it is alright.
What if it just says "cheating detected" or "everything seems fine as far as I can tell" to the server? I ask this because I'm thinking that it's probably what it does...
This is exactly the same bullshit "logic" that we once saw from the gmail critics, who were apparently shocked by the fact that gmail algorithms were scanning their emails in order to serve them targeted ads. What those people don't think about is that there are already thousands of other algorithms which are going through the text of your mails, starting with the mail server which has to receive it and store it...
Here, the case is the same - there are already many other algorithms going through the data which this program accesses, starting with MS Windows code... What do I care if an algorithm is reading my data? As long as it doesn't send enough information to Blizzard for them to recover that same data (in this case it probably only sends a boolean value saying CHEATING or NOT CHEATING), I don't care! Algorithms are not people...
And MS would be correct, since that's the proper way to compute increases in percentage.
Here is the solution for that - Portable Firefox. It doesn't require installing.
So... When will OpenOffice Beta come out?
Well, Steve Ballmer might have the talent to do the headbanging part of the thrash metal guitar thing :)
It's so easy to talk like you did, isn't it?
The fact is that Aubrey de Grey is a respected biologist (despite having a degree in computer science), and participates in many important conferences, according to what I've read. If you find information which contradicts this, please give me a link. In the meantime, perhaps you should check your facts better before posting such things.
That's sick man! Slashdot turned into a kiddie porn site, I feel disgusted...
Were you inspired by this interesting thread?
A quick google search would have given you this (read the message and the quoted part too).
Well, one of the dupes is from October 15 2003 while the other one is of December 28 1998. Today is October 15 2005, which is probably the reason for the last part of that sentence.
The literature-type prizes award people who help advance one other of human's necessities - the need to be entertained and inspired.
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The main logical error Kurzweil makes is simply that he thinks computers will get smarter because they get faster.
No he doesn't, he just says that there are two fields which are advancing in parallel - the science of the hardware required to simulate a human brain, and the science of the SOFTWARE required to simulate the human brain (which is computer science mixed with biology, medicine and probably physics). He obviously doesn't say that faster hardware will magically become sentient...
I sincerely don't understand how you can see dogma, much less a religious one on the words that the GP post used...
No he didn't, he gave it to a select few only...
It's very different... Just think about it.
Yep, that's interesting, but I believe that the past has proven (I think there are some examples in mathematics) that lost knowledge can take a very long time to be rediscovered...
That's pretty cool, thanks - I just installed it and free up a couple of hundred megs just by looking at it :)
Me too. Another "good" way to lose history is to use the back button and then open another site - bam, the forward history is gone. So I would love the feature you're talking about.
Usually not, but I've seen some trolls who have good karma many times...
Is that just a troll or a joke?
Since you're so smart, you tell me - how do you prove the sentence you just said?
Thanks for the reply :) The fact that he didn't yet reply shows something, I guess...