(Note: Asserting a simple solution to a complex problem is the best way to elicit information, as it creates a burning desire in readers to prove you're wrong...)
You have achieved true enlightenment. Go forth my friend and enjoy nirvana.
Ok, so they spend what, billions of dollars to develop this thing. And they make it carry 70 pounds of weight. And... they use that to carry... a backpack? Food?!
I don't know about the next guy, but if I'm out at war, I couldn't care less if I had 70 pounds of food with me. I can't fuckin eat with a bullet clogging my arteries, now can I? I don't want 70 pounds of food and "supplies". How about 5 pounds of food, 5 pounds of supplies, and 60 pounds of THICK ARMOR. Like level 58 paladin type invulnerable shit.
Now, for the domestic version, that's where you might have something going with the food. If Cops could carry 70 pounds of donuts, they'd only have to stop at Dunkin D's twice a day.
your idea is even more brilliant. Get rid of the only hope some people have of staying afloat and not killing themselves. Get rid of McJobs. Yeah, sure, just cause you don't need them, it means nobody needs them, right? How about start with giving everyone proper education and mandating a certain level of nutrition from mcdonalds and other places that live off the poor. Then when those people can get good jobs, then take the rug away, not while they're standing on it.
THANK YOU. I've been saying that forever. I think the main problem in our whole perspective on AI is that we're trying to make these perfect machines. I think that setting up a very wide array of things the machine can try and a clever set of rules for what's bad and good and then allowing it to make tons of mistakes and learn from them would be something more along the right path. But that may be cost prohibitive since the robot may decide to jump off a cliff.
oh, believe me i've been in these so called psychology lectures. I've seen these so called "hot" girls. Somehow, a girl's ability to talk about Turing machines and concurrent programming makes me ignore the fact that they don't have fake nails, colored hair, 4 inch heels, breast pumps, make up and an eating disorder. Call me crazy but I like my women real.
1.) as someone else already pointed out, CS does not make nearly as much money as it did when women were going into the profession.
2.) garbage men make a LOT of money relative to me, a lowly programmer. They can have sallaries of around 80,000 and their work schedule is very nice.
3.) I think this whole issue is moot because it's not how many women are going into CS it's how many attractive women are going into CS. From experience, almost all the girls at my college going into CS as a serious career were really hot. So... what's all the fuss about?
holy crap dude, if all you said is really true, you're pretty smart. Also, if that is the case, and from the tone of your post, I'm assuming that you're involved with immunology. So you have a problem selling this type of research to potential investors and business partners? Maybe I have an idea: I have no idea of the technical aspects of the following, IANAD-HNEFC (I am not a doctor - heh, not even freakin close).
What if you sell it by saying that research into this field will not only prove beneficial to killing cancer but will also prove beneficial to killing HIV, because HIV is a disease that kills the immune system (lol, wow, only a business person would believe in that connection). Use the words "killing" and use AIDS instead of HIV. Repeat these words with a loud megaphone directly into the ears of the business and marketting people. Killing Cancer and AIDS sells. Studying immunology in order to find out why cancerous cells that are communicating with the immune system are being ignored does not sell.
Anyway, best of luck to you, and I didn't meant to sound too trivial in the above, just trying to explain that marketing is not about what's right, it's about what's louder.
uh... it probably eats that dude. Like, H2O + CO = H2 + CO2. So if it EMITS H2, it can't ALSO emit CO2 or else why's it doing all that work? It probably eats CO2. Not that I bother RTFA, but hey, this is slashdot.
This man is a genius. He can also explain his genius which makes him quite unique. I took a class of his and actually understood some stuff. His basic goal is to explain quantum computation to CS students. More on topic, here's the skinny on qubits:
I really wouldn't do justice to the ease with which he explains things to attempt to summarize, but hey, what's slashdot for:
Basically skip ahead to part C if you want to jump right into it. It helps if you think of Classical bits as vectors in a two dimensional space. (0,1) and (1,0) would represent 0 and 1 as we normally think about them. So then think about Quantum bits (qubits) as (a,b) which is just a superposition of the two classical bits with amplitudes a and b which are complex scalars. The only condition is that the qubit is a unit vector in two dimensional complex vector space, or in short |a|^2 + |b|^2 = 1. Now more to the point of this thread, if you go to section 1..62 you can see that n qubits make up a computational basis (or classical basis). So, the answer is, there's not really anything like simple 0,1 states for qubits. The truth is more complicated but once you start looking at how to take advantage of qubits, a lot more beautiful in my oppinion.
That's so freakin awesome! I've never bothered to buy cable because it doesn't allow me to pick what channels I want. This is the BOMB. On another note. THE FUCKING FCC WAS DISALLOWING THIS? THOSE PEOPLE NEED TO GET THROWN IN THE JUNGLE ON AN ANACONDA NEST.
aha, but that's not true. That makes it so when you switch tabs you go to the next tab. I am talking about when you close tabs, I want it to go to the next tab in bar order, not the last page I was looking at. Also, I would like to get rid of that thing in the middle that displays what tab you're going to because it blocks my view of the pages. I basically want the tabs to work just like firefox, no exceptions. Is there anything like that?
aaaaaaah!! I hate that about opera. Good god, I really hope there's going to be something in there that allows you to turn that off. Btw, does anyone know how to turn that off in Opera? It's just so much nicer for browsing... you know, lots of pictures.
Of course I'd use Windows with Ads. Ads done the way Google does them are not exactly "ads" they're what you're trying to do on the computer. I see a perfect world where ads are intelligent ways for you to find information without searching. They're things you're probably interested in. Of course, I'd rather use Linux with Ads, Google with Ads, and then maybe Windows with Ads.
the pointy haired boss doesn't think since it's from Microsoft it must be good. He thinks that nobody ever got fired for upgrading to Microsoft so he won't get fired either.
I respect that oppinion, but i disagree. I think users are more intelligent now than they were when the "don't change the gui or they'll freak" rule was invented. I also think that no matter what microsoft does, they'll find a way to market it and it will sell, maybe not a lot in the beginning but it will be ubiquitous soon. They make a lot of money on Office 12 and they listened to people like you but decided to ignore them for a good reason. Office 12 will not fail and if it will it won't be for the reasons you mentioned.
That being said, their new interface is truly awesome but not new. Products like Dreamweaver have had this interface for a long time. People are used to Dreamweaver and therefore this may not be a big change for most of them. I personally am happy they went with this interface change and i would like to see more people in the Open Source community rethink interfaces in great ways instead of playing catch-up with other OSes (GNOME = MAC, KDE = Windows). Kudos to Fluxbox and XFCE and others for sticking out of the pack.
lets link to the article.... wait, even though zdnet runs their site off of beowolved toasters, that may not bring them down. I GOT IT, lets post the Photo Gallery link too. hehehehe.
I am Zonk, destroyer of articles, shatterer of web pages.
i for one agree, now the problem is WHAT is a sony product. They're fucking ubiquitous, it's like saying don't buy shirts made in china. So is there an easy way that some geek out there has come up with to figure out what is Sony and what is not evil?
actually, in england they flip two fingers. I heard, but not confirmed that the reason people flip the middle finger is because the french were once excused from having their middle fingers cut off by the british after being defeated in battle. As a gesture of disrespect, the french turned round and flipped off the british with their middle fingers. Is this true?
damn you moderators for moding this interesting instead of funny. It would have saved me the 10 minute load time to find out the file is blank. Pretty funny though.
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(Note: Asserting a simple solution to a complex problem is the best way to elicit information, as it creates a burning desire in readers to prove you're wrong...)
You have achieved true enlightenment. Go forth my friend and enjoy nirvana.
Ok, so they spend what, billions of dollars to develop this thing. And they make it carry 70 pounds of weight. And... they use that to carry... a backpack? Food?!
I don't know about the next guy, but if I'm out at war, I couldn't care less if I had 70 pounds of food with me. I can't fuckin eat with a bullet clogging my arteries, now can I? I don't want 70 pounds of food and "supplies". How about 5 pounds of food, 5 pounds of supplies, and 60 pounds of THICK ARMOR. Like level 58 paladin type invulnerable shit.
Now, for the domestic version, that's where you might have something going with the food. If Cops could carry 70 pounds of donuts, they'd only have to stop at Dunkin D's twice a day.
your idea is even more brilliant. Get rid of the only hope some people have of staying afloat and not killing themselves. Get rid of McJobs. Yeah, sure, just cause you don't need them, it means nobody needs them, right? How about start with giving everyone proper education and mandating a certain level of nutrition from mcdonalds and other places that live off the poor. Then when those people can get good jobs, then take the rug away, not while they're standing on it.
THANK YOU. I've been saying that forever. I think the main problem in our whole perspective on AI is that we're trying to make these perfect machines. I think that setting up a very wide array of things the machine can try and a clever set of rules for what's bad and good and then allowing it to make tons of mistakes and learn from them would be something more along the right path. But that may be cost prohibitive since the robot may decide to jump off a cliff.
oh, believe me i've been in these so called psychology lectures. I've seen these so called "hot" girls. Somehow, a girl's ability to talk about Turing machines and concurrent programming makes me ignore the fact that they don't have fake nails, colored hair, 4 inch heels, breast pumps, make up and an eating disorder. Call me crazy but I like my women real.
1.) as someone else already pointed out, CS does not make nearly as much money as it did when women were going into the profession.
2.) garbage men make a LOT of money relative to me, a lowly programmer. They can have sallaries of around 80,000 and their work schedule is very nice.
3.) I think this whole issue is moot because it's not how many women are going into CS it's how many attractive women are going into CS. From experience, almost all the girls at my college going into CS as a serious career were really hot. So... what's all the fuss about?
holy crap dude, if all you said is really true, you're pretty smart. Also, if that is the case, and from the tone of your post, I'm assuming that you're involved with immunology. So you have a problem selling this type of research to potential investors and business partners? Maybe I have an idea: I have no idea of the technical aspects of the following, IANAD-HNEFC (I am not a doctor - heh, not even freakin close).
What if you sell it by saying that research into this field will not only prove beneficial to killing cancer but will also prove beneficial to killing HIV, because HIV is a disease that kills the immune system (lol, wow, only a business person would believe in that connection). Use the words "killing" and use AIDS instead of HIV. Repeat these words with a loud megaphone directly into the ears of the business and marketting people. Killing Cancer and AIDS sells. Studying immunology in order to find out why cancerous cells that are communicating with the immune system are being ignored does not sell.
Anyway, best of luck to you, and I didn't meant to sound too trivial in the above, just trying to explain that marketing is not about what's right, it's about what's louder.
Dan
uh... it probably eats that dude. Like, H2O + CO = H2 + CO2. So if it EMITS H2, it can't ALSO emit CO2 or else why's it doing all that work? It probably eats CO2. Not that I bother RTFA, but hey, this is slashdot.
i was going to mod down, but explanation is better:
$5 a month is not for downloading, it's for listening. It's 79 cents a track to download. That's why that argument doesn't make sense. But close...
I've read the posts here and I can point you to one source that I know is accurate, easy to understand and in my opinion beautiful:
N. David Mermin
This man is a genius. He can also explain his genius which makes him quite unique. I took a class of his and actually understood some stuff. His basic goal is to explain quantum computation to CS students. More on topic, here's the skinny on qubits:
Chapter 1 of his intro class
I really wouldn't do justice to the ease with which he explains things to attempt to summarize, but hey, what's slashdot for:
Basically skip ahead to part C if you want to jump right into it. It helps if you think of Classical bits as vectors in a two dimensional space. (0,1) and (1,0) would represent 0 and 1 as we normally think about them. So then think about Quantum bits (qubits) as (a,b) which is just a superposition of the two classical bits with amplitudes a and b which are complex scalars. The only condition is that the qubit is a unit vector in two dimensional complex vector space, or in short |a|^2 + |b|^2 = 1. Now more to the point of this thread, if you go to section 1..62 you can see that n qubits make up a computational basis (or classical basis). So, the answer is, there's not really anything like simple 0,1 states for qubits. The truth is more complicated but once you start looking at how to take advantage of qubits, a lot more beautiful in my oppinion.
That's so freakin awesome! I've never bothered to buy cable because it doesn't allow me to pick what channels I want. This is the BOMB.
On another note. THE FUCKING FCC WAS DISALLOWING THIS? THOSE PEOPLE NEED TO GET THROWN IN THE JUNGLE ON AN ANACONDA NEST.
aha, but that's not true. That makes it so when you switch tabs you go to the next tab. I am talking about when you close tabs, I want it to go to the next tab in bar order, not the last page I was looking at. Also, I would like to get rid of that thing in the middle that displays what tab you're going to because it blocks my view of the pages. I basically want the tabs to work just like firefox, no exceptions. Is there anything like that?
"Close tab returns to previous tab"
aaaaaaah!!
I hate that about opera. Good god, I really hope there's going to be something in there that allows you to turn that off. Btw, does anyone know how to turn that off in Opera? It's just so much nicer for browsing... you know, lots of pictures.
or... don't use IE
Of course I'd use Windows with Ads. Ads done the way Google does them are not exactly "ads" they're what you're trying to do on the computer. I see a perfect world where ads are intelligent ways for you to find information without searching. They're things you're probably interested in. Of course, I'd rather use Linux with Ads, Google with Ads, and then maybe Windows with Ads.
the pointy haired boss doesn't think since it's from Microsoft it must be good. He thinks that nobody ever got fired for upgrading to Microsoft so he won't get fired either.
I respect that oppinion, but i disagree. I think users are more intelligent now than they were when the "don't change the gui or they'll freak" rule was invented. I also think that no matter what microsoft does, they'll find a way to market it and it will sell, maybe not a lot in the beginning but it will be ubiquitous soon. They make a lot of money on Office 12 and they listened to people like you but decided to ignore them for a good reason. Office 12 will not fail and if it will it won't be for the reasons you mentioned.
That being said, their new interface is truly awesome but not new. Products like Dreamweaver have had this interface for a long time. People are used to Dreamweaver and therefore this may not be a big change for most of them. I personally am happy they went with this interface change and i would like to see more people in the Open Source community rethink interfaces in great ways instead of playing catch-up with other OSes (GNOME = MAC, KDE = Windows). Kudos to Fluxbox and XFCE and others for sticking out of the pack.
lets link to the article.... wait, even though zdnet runs their site off of beowolved toasters, that may not bring them down.
I GOT IT, lets post the Photo Gallery link too. hehehehe.
I am Zonk, destroyer of articles, shatterer of web pages.
and movies, and games, and god knows what else
actually, one of the sibling posts disagrees: Straight Dope
i for one agree, now the problem is WHAT is a sony product. They're fucking ubiquitous, it's like saying don't buy shirts made in china. So is there an easy way that some geek out there has come up with to figure out what is Sony and what is not evil?
"My wife is also a woman who showers daily."
"I'm just wondering what sort of upgrades I'm going to have to do"
I've got some emails from pfizer that I could forward you if you'd like... they seem to know a lot about upgrades there in Kalamazoo, MI.
actually, in england they flip two fingers. I heard, but not confirmed that the reason people flip the middle finger is because the french were once excused from having their middle fingers cut off by the british after being defeated in battle. As a gesture of disrespect, the french turned round and flipped off the british with their middle fingers. Is this true?
not true. Check out the film Opportunity Knocks with Dana Carvey and also check out how people flip each other off in Russia and England.
damn you moderators for moding this interesting instead of funny. It would have saved me the 10 minute load time to find out the file is blank. Pretty funny though.