Imagine if Vincent van Gogh got stuck in a contract where he had to produce 6-8 paintings but all of them had to look and feel just like Starry Night. The guy probably would have become depressed and killed himself.
The main problem is that we actually get so much wind-generated electricity during a storm that we cannot get rid of it, this unbalances the power-grid and results in voltage and frequency instabilities.
The secondary problem is that you also need electricity when the wind does not blow. This could mean keeping large centralized power-plants around, paying a lot of maintenance costs, waiting for the wind to die.
It seems to me that you could solve both problems by connecting your grid to a larger one, say Germany's. When you have excess they can buy from you, and when you need more you can buy from them.
And for those who don't know what the "Brass Rail" pricing is, "..just firmly grasp this brass rail on the front of my desk as I step behind you for a moment.." -Broadband Provider
A neural net? We have to guess because the article doesn't get into specifics, but it looks more like a genetic algorithm to me. While the "combination of instructions" could be either NN or GA, the "pairing up new combinations" line sounds like the mating step of GA.
There are better ways, more efficient ways, for customers to find what they want/need, that isn't the social equivalent of carpet-bombing. These ways don't use barely ethical psychological tricks to persuade people to buy. Sure, some companies would go under, the ones that don't have a product truly worth buying... will that be so sad?
Asimov also touches on this concept in The End of Eternity. Time travelers "take care" of humanity by altering timelines to stop conflicts. However, mankind never seems to get anywhere - is it worth the risk of destruction to finally make progress? Interesting story.
While this would be unlikely behavior for Gates, it's even less likely for Buffett.
His strategy is based on taking a very long-term view. Generally, when he buys stock (or the company, outright) he intends to hold on to it "forever." Why would he go ahead and sell this company he just invested in - to make a quick buck? Not his style at all.
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how's that for moderating my own comments?
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A comment by unicron was corrected by Galvatron. Interesting.
Imagine if Vincent van Gogh got stuck in a contract where he had to produce 6-8 paintings but all of them had to look and feel just like Starry Night. The guy probably would have become depressed and killed himself.
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That was beautiful, thank you
That sounds like a great system. The inability to recount or audit seems to me the biggest potential flaw in an electronic voting system.
Kudos to Brazil.
You expect something called "WET" to be weather proof?
I think of Tron. Will these devices be susceptible to gridbugs?
Being a stupid simpleton, I had to look up what the OECD was. Aha: the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Rhyme is easily understood by anybody, due to his madd skillz.
The main problem is that we actually get so much wind-generated electricity during a storm that we cannot get rid of it, this unbalances the power-grid and results in voltage and frequency instabilities.
The secondary problem is that you also need electricity when the wind does not blow. This could mean keeping large centralized power-plants around, paying a lot of maintenance costs, waiting for the wind to die.
It seems to me that you could solve both problems by connecting your grid to a larger one, say Germany's. When you have excess they can buy from you, and when you need more you can buy from them.
Or is this too simplistic? IANAEE.
This is one of the stupidest comments I've ever read on Slashdot. Hope somebody mods it as a troll.
I think we need a new moderation category for situations like this: (-1, YHBT)
... in a Yahoo! commercial?
Mozilla has it Settings too. But I like the pref bar because it's quicker.
Sounds like you need the Preferences Toolbar. Turn popups on/off quickly.
And for those who don't know what the "Brass Rail" pricing is, "..just firmly grasp this brass rail on the front of my desk as I step behind you for a moment.." -Broadband Provider
Okay, now what does that actually mean?
A neural net? We have to guess because the article doesn't get into specifics, but it looks more like a genetic algorithm to me. While the "combination of instructions" could be either NN or GA, the "pairing up new combinations" line sounds like the mating step of GA.
Heh. HTTP 1.1 Server Busy here.
Yes. The fact that Microsoft paid no taxes in a year that Clinton was president is obviously Bush's fault. Truly, your logic is impeccable.
The Club at best makes burglars steal the car next to you.
Well, that sounds to me like it works perfectly.
There are a large number of ethnic Swedes in Finland. Is Linus of Swedish ancestry, but Finnish nationality?
There are better ways, more efficient ways, for customers to find what they want/need, that isn't the social equivalent of carpet-bombing. These ways don't use barely ethical psychological tricks to persuade people to buy. Sure, some companies would go under, the ones that don't have a product truly worth buying... will that be so sad?
That sounds great... could you elaborate?
Well that explain's where Jared's weight went. It's been turned to cruft!
Just think of how may dot-coms would have been saved if someone had just asked this one question.
Asimov also touches on this concept in The End of Eternity. Time travelers "take care" of humanity by altering timelines to stop conflicts. However, mankind never seems to get anywhere - is it worth the risk of destruction to finally make progress? Interesting story.
While this would be unlikely behavior for Gates, it's even less likely for Buffett.
His strategy is based on taking a very long-term view. Generally, when he buys stock (or the company, outright) he intends to hold on to it "forever." Why would he go ahead and sell this company he just invested in - to make a quick buck? Not his style at all.
Invade Kenya.