Yeah, I know most of the posts here are bashing Cohen for bashing microsoft (and I was agreeing with them until I decided to RTFA - the summary is not a good one). Bram isn't randomly attacking them for having a vaporware product, he is specifically pointing out the many mistakes that they make in their paper, where they compare Bittorrent to their proposed algorithms. It seems that they made too many mistakes to make their research paper valid, so their simulations are crap... RTFA!
This post is mostly totally OT but I don't give a fuck.
I also LOVED the new star wars, so you're not alone:)
Linux is not superior to Windows
About this, I'm actually thinking that the time for me to switch to using linux full-time (I mostly use linux for programming only right now) is approaching, because of Microsoft's stupid Trusted Computing initiatives... Depending on how successfull they are with that, I'll make my decision (though a problem will be convincing my family with our common PC... linux is still not as perfect as windows for some things unfortunately).
this was going to happen. Our Matrix overlords are manipulating the robots in order to make us go crazy. "This can't happen, it's just a robot, it does what it's programmed to do!!"
Well, saying that we can't stand being bored is the same as saying that we can't stand not evolving. Monkeys can stand that without problem (at least we think so), but we can't.
You may be interested in reading this post, where I mention yours. Basically, I think the fork thing is unnecessary. I may be misinterpreting the article's idea, though...
I prefer to think of it as this (and I think what those researchers are saying amounts to this...) - time doesn't exist, all is happening at the same time... So if you can go to what we call the past and do something there, you haven't changed anything because you were destined to do it... The fact that you went to the past CAUSED gw to become the US president. You won't be able to kill him even if you wanted, because that would contradict our observations in the present.
In this way, the forking idea present in some sibling post is unnecessary, I think...
I think it's more like... You can do whatever you want in the past, because what you are in the present is determined by what you do when you travel back... Think of it like a closed time loop, you won't be able to kill your grandfather, if you did you wouldn't be born later, which contradicts the fact that you were born (this also means that all the people who would have managed to kill their grandfathers wouldn't exist...). By definition, all is correct in the end, no matter what you do:)
So... what they're saying is that the so called grandfather-paradox is invalid because if you could actually go and kill your own grandfather, by definition you wouldn't have been born, which contradicts the fact that you were born (you know you were, right?). Nice way of turning the question around, a kind of Columbus' egg too, I had never thought of that. The best part is that it makes a lot of sense...
So if someone invents a time machine, I'm free to go and try killing my ancestors, and I won't be able to do it no matter how hard I try (something will always go wrong). If this is true, it obviously says that time doesn't exist and all things are interdependent (even the past is dependent of the future), which goes against our notion of "free-will".
Still, I wouldn't do the "try killing your ancestors" thing, I might find out that some of my female ancestors was cheating on her husband, which would make me the causer of his death:) Oh, I guess I've just proved that, for me, their theory works...
The conclusion is... I definitely need to get some sleep, see ya all tomorrow...
The beautiful part is... I might have been destined to write this, but that doesn't stop the fact that I must get out of my ass and do it. If I'm passive, I don't get to do anything so I have to actually make the effort to get something done... Despite all the depressive thoughts which easily emerge from our intelligence and perception, being a human rules:)
This is OT but a few days ago I saw some documentary about evolution where one researcher was asked to define what "human is". He said:
1- Bipedal 2- Incapable to get bored
(I would perhaps add the opposing thumb)
This, according to his idea, explains the massive amount of transformation that our species has done to our planet, and all the things we have accomplished:)
I don't think it's hard at all to spread a new meme here in slashdot, if it's funny enough of course (funny as in funny for geeks, which is obviously a very distorted concept):)
Slashdot Mirror
Oh the irony... Read the article and then we'll let you play again...
Yeah, I know most of the posts here are bashing Cohen for bashing microsoft (and I was agreeing with them until I decided to RTFA - the summary is not a good one). Bram isn't randomly attacking them for having a vaporware product, he is specifically pointing out the many mistakes that they make in their paper, where they compare Bittorrent to their proposed algorithms. It seems that they made too many mistakes to make their research paper valid, so their simulations are crap... RTFA!
The richer guys would/will also have guns and would/will pay a lot of the weak guys to fight for them...
I smell a lot of sarcasm in your post...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_S ignpost/2005-06-13/Server_status
This post is mostly totally OT but I don't give a fuck.
:)
I also LOVED the new star wars, so you're not alone
Linux is not superior to Windows
About this, I'm actually thinking that the time for me to switch to using linux full-time (I mostly use linux for programming only right now) is approaching, because of Microsoft's stupid Trusted Computing initiatives... Depending on how successfull they are with that, I'll make my decision (though a problem will be convincing my family with our common PC... linux is still not as perfect as windows for some things unfortunately).
Someone buy that, quick!
English is not my first language, but shouldn't that be "whose" instead of "who's"?
Anyway, nice quote
Have you ever heard the expression "in average..."?
Special cases don't matter for statistics.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=rampage
this was going to happen. Our Matrix overlords are manipulating the robots in order to make us go crazy. "This can't happen, it's just a robot, it does what it's programmed to do!!"
No it isn't.
Well, saying that we can't stand being bored is the same as saying that we can't stand not evolving. Monkeys can stand that without problem (at least we think so), but we can't.
:)
Nice quotes though
I guess we'll only know in the future... Or in the past, if we manage to travel back at that point ;)
You may be interested in reading this post, where I mention yours. Basically, I think the fork thing is unnecessary. I may be misinterpreting the article's idea, though...
I prefer to think of it as this (and I think what those researchers are saying amounts to this...) - time doesn't exist, all is happening at the same time... So if you can go to what we call the past and do something there, you haven't changed anything because you were destined to do it... The fact that you went to the past CAUSED gw to become the US president. You won't be able to kill him even if you wanted, because that would contradict our observations in the present.
In this way, the forking idea present in some sibling post is unnecessary, I think...
I think it's more like... You can do whatever you want in the past, because what you are in the present is determined by what you do when you travel back... Think of it like a closed time loop, you won't be able to kill your grandfather, if you did you wouldn't be born later, which contradicts the fact that you were born (this also means that all the people who would have managed to kill their grandfathers wouldn't exist...). By definition, all is correct in the end, no matter what you do :)
So... what they're saying is that the so called grandfather-paradox is invalid because if you could actually go and kill your own grandfather, by definition you wouldn't have been born, which contradicts the fact that you were born (you know you were, right?). Nice way of turning the question around, a kind of Columbus' egg too, I had never thought of that. The best part is that it makes a lot of sense...
:) Oh, I guess I've just proved that, for me, their theory works...
So if someone invents a time machine, I'm free to go and try killing my ancestors, and I won't be able to do it no matter how hard I try (something will always go wrong). If this is true, it obviously says that time doesn't exist and all things are interdependent (even the past is dependent of the future), which goes against our notion of "free-will".
Still, I wouldn't do the "try killing your ancestors" thing, I might find out that some of my female ancestors was cheating on her husband, which would make me the causer of his death
The conclusion is... I definitely need to get some sleep, see ya all tomorrow...
The beautiful part is... I might have been destined to write this, but that doesn't stop the fact that I must get out of my ass and do it. If I'm passive, I don't get to do anything so I have to actually make the effort to get something done... Despite all the depressive thoughts which easily emerge from our intelligence and perception, being a human rules :)
:)
This is OT but a few days ago I saw some documentary about evolution where one researcher was asked to define what "human is". He said:
1- Bipedal
2- Incapable to get bored
(I would perhaps add the opposing thumb)
This, according to his idea, explains the massive amount of transformation that our species has done to our planet, and all the things we have accomplished
Obligatory wikipedia link (great article).
That was a very cool reply... Maybe you should ask that to the researchers, find their emails! :D
I don't think it's hard at all to spread a new meme here in slashdot, if it's funny enough of course (funny as in funny for geeks, which is obviously a very distorted concept) :)
What about this too- In Soviet Korea, a beowulf cluster of old cassette overlords sell you!
Don't forget this one... In Korea, only old people use cassette tapes
I see what you mean, but I was just talking about the fact that you'll probably give a present back to that person :)