However, the ideas are new, quite elegant, and very, very basic. I don't think they're a rehash, though there are topics (cellular automata) that have had some work done on them. He's not just talking about cellular automata themselves, he's talking about the way the universe works and he actually shows the same mechanisms underlying large portions of math that underlie everything from shell growth to turing machines.
The ideas are not new. The Santa Fe Research Institute has been studying all of this stuff since the 70s.
He is not doing science in this book, either. Sure, he talks about the way he thinks the universe works. But he doesn't do any experiments to verify his assertions.
Yup, Reed replaced blitzmail a few years ago. It was a sad day when students stopped saying 'blitz me' in favor of 'email me'. Alumni still say 'blitz' though. It's like a secret handshake.
It works well in principal, and the algorithms to implement the approach are well understood. But they are phenomenally computationally expensive. And Wikipedia is a very large dataset to mine from.
This is pretty much true of all AI, unfortunately.
Cancelling an AOL account is easy in my experience
Just call them, press 0 about a hundred times[1], and tell them you want to cancel your account. If they ask why you want to cancel your account, just be honest. If that's not good enough, start swearing. (I'm fucking tired of your assholes charging me twice what the local ISP charges...)
[1] The old business man trick. If you do it, you'll get better treatment from just about anyone.
PowerPC is an architecture, among which are the new POWER chips, the IBM 970mp (also known as the G5), the Motorola 7400 series (the G4's), IBM's 740 (the G3), and Cell.
Yes, there are differences between the POWER5 line and the 740MP, but it's not the instruction set.
I always end up explaining this when POWER chips come up on slashdot.
"PowerPC" is a family of processors implementing the PowerPC instruction set. IBM's 970MP processor (also known as a G5) is PowerPC. So are IBM's POWER3, POWER4, POWER5, and POWER6. So is Motorola/Freescale's G4. So is the Cell.
So if Apple made the incredibly unlikely move of using POWER6's in their PowerMac line, they would indeed be returning to the PowerPC architecture.
Yup, really. I already recruited a bunch of friends to do it with me.
I mean, smoking is basically a waste of money. We may as well spend it on a good cause. Regarding what I spend my money on now, I think I'd rather help poor families through microfinance institutions.
Maybe I'll put aside some of the money I save a start a grassroots "Quit Smoking, Help Poor People" campaign.:-)
Wow! A Jack Safartti reference. Feels like I'm on sci.math again. (Lots of stupid sci.physics posts got cross posted, especially from Aristotle Plutonium:-( )
The fact is, all of us can contribute a little more to make the planet better for those who are less fortunate (as much as that statement sounds like a telethon). Pharmaceutical companies can contribute a little more to research diseases that no one has and will bring zero net profit. You can I can donate a larger chunk of our paychecks to help feed someone who's starving.
You're right. I've been thinking about this for a while. Your post has inspired me to quit smoking and donate what I'll save ($150 a month) to charity.
You know, if you're serious, you can just send a check to the university with the stipulation that it is only to be used for this program. Universities are pretty much always eager to take people's money, even if (benign) strings are attached. They won't use it against your wishes -- the more successful the program is, the better for the university overall. And every little bit helps. I know it's not as convenient as PayPal, but you should consider it.
I've done it a couple of times and have gotten nice thank you letters back from the researchers.
1. Drug companies have to turn a profit; otherwise, they don't produce the drugs.
False. Research can be done under the auspices of a non-profit organization or university, as was done in this case.
2. The more money a drug company makes off a medicine, the more valuable it is. A drug company's profits are a function of how much people value that drug -- the drug's social utility (this is basic economics).
Clearly false. An effective, cheap vaccine against HIV, say, would be far more valuable than all the Viagra in the world.
3. Once the drug companies patents run out, anyone can produce generic medicines cheaply.
Funnily enough, you misinterpreted Professor Shaunak's quote. Here's some context from the BBC article:
Currently, many of the scientific advances which eventually lead to effective treatments are developed within universities or by researchers working for charities, but that 'intellectual property' is then sold to pharmaceutical companies who bring the product to market.
Professor Shaunak called for a different approach - for academic institutions to go into competition for cures with 'big pharma'.
"We in academic medicine can either choose to use our ideas to make large sums of money for small numbers of people, or to look outwards to the global community and make affordable medicines."
To look upon his children as my own brothers[1], to teach them this art if they so desire without fee or written promise; to impart to my sons and the sons of the master who taught me and the disciples who have enrolled themselves and have agreed to the rules of the profession, but to these alone the precepts and the instruction.
[1] An earlier bit mentions the oath taker's "parents." These are to be understood to be his mentors. Thus "his children" are the oath taker's peers.
I made a list of well respected artists and groups that have released albums in the 90s and 00s. Yes, Johnny Cash was among them. It's a starting point, covering influential bands in all the major genres.
Part of being a good music listener is knowing how to appreciate quality even in music you dislike. Another part is being able to describe what you like and dislike in music. "Shit" is a poor predicate.
I don't particularly like Radiohead or Johnny Cash either. But the claim that no good music has been made in the last 10 years is laughable. I simply made a list of artists that have released well reviewed and liked albums in the 90s and 00s. I don't know (or care) what genres you like.
I disagree. Black hats are interested in illegally profiting from vulnerabilities. White hats are interested in legally and ethically benefiting from vulnerabilities. Grey hats are interested in benefitting from security exploits in ways that are unethical and questionably legal.
In what way is full disclosure unethical? How is what MOAB is doing of questionable legality?
The answers are both "It's not."
This is a classic win-win situation. The researchers get their publicity. Apple gets good PR for writing patches as they come in. Hell, Apple gets free labor from the researchers. The customer gets a more secure operating system.
Arto Lindsay, Beck, Bill Frisell, Bill Laswell, the Books, Boredoms, Chris Brown, DJ Q-Bert, Dr. Dooom, Dr. Octagon, Echo and the Bunnymen, Einsturzende Neubauten, Electric Masada, Fima Ephron, Fred Frith, haujobb, Ikue Mori, Jah Wobble, the Jigsaw Gentlement, John Zorn, Johnny Cash, Keith Jarret, Kletka Red, Kool Keith, Kraftwerk, Lou Reed, Madlib, the Magnetic Fields, Marc Ribot, the Mars Volta, Masada, Massacre, Melt Banana, the Minibosses, Mission of Burma, My Bloody Valentine, Naked City, New Klezmer Trio, Okkyung Lee, OOIOO, Peaches, Pete Namlook, Radiohead, Randy Newman, Ride, Ruins, Skylab, Sonic Youth, Soundgarden, Tetsu Inoeu, this mortal coil, Tom Waits, Tortoise, William Orbit, Yasunao Tone, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
That should get you started on interesting modern music. My favorites of the 90s-00s are in bold. I suggest you use resources like allmusic.com and pitchforkmedia.com to look for recommendations. The bands I gave cover a lot of ground.
Now knock off your musical elitism. High school is over, and your ignorant musical tastes aren't much to be proud of anyway.
South Park seasons have been 14 episodes the last several seasons, split into two 7 episode 1/2 seasons. And almost 10 years later it's still some of the greatest stuff on TV.
Yeah, it's pretty sad. Last season only had five funny episodes. (Stanley's Cup, Cartoon Wars I/II, WoW, and Ike's Teacher)
They jumped the shark when they started getting 'topical.'
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However, the ideas are new, quite elegant, and very, very basic. I don't think they're a rehash, though there are topics (cellular automata) that have had some work done on them. He's not just talking about cellular automata themselves, he's talking about the way the universe works and he actually shows the same mechanisms underlying large portions of math that underlie everything from shell growth to turing machines.
The ideas are not new. The Santa Fe Research Institute has been studying all of this stuff since the 70s.
He is not doing science in this book, either. Sure, he talks about the way he thinks the universe works. But he doesn't do any experiments to verify his assertions.
Better yet, put down those popular science books, enroll at a local university, and get yourself a degree in one of the hard sciences.
Doom was shareware. The unregistered version was free to distribute and use but was incomplete.
Yup, Reed replaced blitzmail a few years ago. It was a sad day when students stopped saying 'blitz me' in favor of 'email me'. Alumni still say 'blitz' though. It's like a secret handshake.
Yes, this approach will fail miserably.
It works well in principal, and the algorithms to implement the approach are well understood. But they are phenomenally computationally expensive. And Wikipedia is a very large dataset to mine from.
This is pretty much true of all AI, unfortunately.
Cancelling an AOL account is easy in my experience
Just call them, press 0 about a hundred times[1], and tell them you want to cancel your account. If they ask why you want to cancel your account, just be honest. If that's not good enough, start swearing. (I'm fucking tired of your assholes charging me twice what the local ISP charges...)
[1] The old business man trick. If you do it, you'll get better treatment from just about anyone.
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Call me a shill if you want, but I've seen NineNine post in a lot of different threads not related to MS. I think he's acting in good faith.
Third link, I mean.
You should read your second link.
PowerPC is an architecture, among which are the new POWER chips, the IBM 970mp (also known as the G5), the Motorola 7400 series (the G4's), IBM's 740 (the G3), and Cell.
Yes, there are differences between the POWER5 line and the 740MP, but it's not the instruction set.
I always end up explaining this when POWER chips come up on slashdot.
"PowerPC" is a family of processors implementing the PowerPC instruction set. IBM's 970MP processor (also known as a G5) is PowerPC. So are IBM's POWER3, POWER4, POWER5, and POWER6. So is Motorola/Freescale's G4. So is the Cell.
So if Apple made the incredibly unlikely move of using POWER6's in their PowerMac line, they would indeed be returning to the PowerPC architecture.
Yup, really. I already recruited a bunch of friends to do it with me.
:-)
I mean, smoking is basically a waste of money. We may as well spend it on a good cause. Regarding what I spend my money on now, I think I'd rather help poor families through microfinance institutions.
Maybe I'll put aside some of the money I save a start a grassroots "Quit Smoking, Help Poor People" campaign.
Wow! A Jack Safartti reference. Feels like I'm on sci.math again. (Lots of stupid sci.physics posts got cross posted, especially from Aristotle Plutonium :-( )
The fact is, all of us can contribute a little more to make the planet better for those who are less fortunate (as much as that statement sounds like a telethon). Pharmaceutical companies can contribute a little more to research diseases that no one has and will bring zero net profit. You can I can donate a larger chunk of our paychecks to help feed someone who's starving.
You're right. I've been thinking about this for a while. Your post has inspired me to quit smoking and donate what I'll save ($150 a month) to charity.
I am absolutely serious.
You know, if you're serious, you can just send a check to the university with the stipulation that it is only to be used for this program. Universities are pretty much always eager to take people's money, even if (benign) strings are attached. They won't use it against your wishes -- the more successful the program is, the better for the university overall. And every little bit helps. I know it's not as convenient as PayPal, but you should consider it.
I've done it a couple of times and have gotten nice thank you letters back from the researchers.
It was Flavor-Aid, not Kool-Aid.
False. Research can be done under the auspices of a non-profit organization or university, as was done in this case.
2. The more money a drug company makes off a medicine, the more valuable it is. A drug company's profits are a function of how much people value that drug -- the drug's social utility (this is basic economics).
Clearly false. An effective, cheap vaccine against HIV, say, would be far more valuable than all the Viagra in the world.
3. Once the drug companies patents run out, anyone can produce generic medicines cheaply.
Yes, after denying the public access for 20 years. Ever heard of the Hippocratic Oath? See: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=214714&cid=17
Funnily enough, you misinterpreted Professor Shaunak's quote. Here's some context from the BBC article:
The relevant bit:
[1] An earlier bit mentions the oath taker's "parents." These are to be understood to be his mentors. Thus "his children" are the oath taker's peers.
I made a list of well respected artists and groups that have released albums in the 90s and 00s. Yes, Johnny Cash was among them. It's a starting point, covering influential bands in all the major genres.
Part of being a good music listener is knowing how to appreciate quality even in music you dislike. Another part is being able to describe what you like and dislike in music. "Shit" is a poor predicate.
I don't particularly like Radiohead or Johnny Cash either. But the claim that no good music has been made in the last 10 years is laughable. I simply made a list of artists that have released well reviewed and liked albums in the 90s and 00s. I don't know (or care) what genres you like.
I disagree. Black hats are interested in illegally profiting from vulnerabilities. White hats are interested in legally and ethically benefiting from vulnerabilities. Grey hats are interested in benefitting from security exploits in ways that are unethical and questionably legal.
In what way is full disclosure unethical? How is what MOAB is doing of questionable legality?
The answers are both "It's not."
This is a classic win-win situation. The researchers get their publicity. Apple gets good PR for writing patches as they come in. Hell, Apple gets free labor from the researchers. The customer gets a more secure operating system.
Arto Lindsay, Beck, Bill Frisell, Bill Laswell, the Books, Boredoms, Chris Brown, DJ Q-Bert, Dr. Dooom, Dr. Octagon, Echo and the Bunnymen, Einsturzende Neubauten, Electric Masada, Fima Ephron, Fred Frith, haujobb, Ikue Mori, Jah Wobble, the Jigsaw Gentlement, John Zorn, Johnny Cash, Keith Jarret, Kletka Red, Kool Keith, Kraftwerk, Lou Reed, Madlib, the Magnetic Fields, Marc Ribot, the Mars Volta, Masada, Massacre, Melt Banana, the Minibosses, Mission of Burma, My Bloody Valentine, Naked City, New Klezmer Trio, Okkyung Lee, OOIOO, Peaches, Pete Namlook, Radiohead, Randy Newman, Ride, Ruins, Skylab, Sonic Youth, Soundgarden, Tetsu Inoeu, this mortal coil, Tom Waits, Tortoise, William Orbit, Yasunao Tone, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
That should get you started on interesting modern music. My favorites of the 90s-00s are in bold. I suggest you use resources like allmusic.com and pitchforkmedia.com to look for recommendations. The bands I gave cover a lot of ground.
Now knock off your musical elitism. High school is over, and your ignorant musical tastes aren't much to be proud of anyway.
You wouldn't drink water out of a pond before you knew it was safe to do so, would you?
Yes, I would. Live a little.
I think you might find that the pig flies better if you don't throw it out of the plane.
South Park seasons have been 14 episodes the last several seasons, split into two 7 episode 1/2 seasons. And almost 10 years later it's still some of the greatest stuff on TV.
Yeah, it's pretty sad. Last season only had five funny episodes. (Stanley's Cup, Cartoon Wars I/II, WoW, and Ike's Teacher)
They jumped the shark when they started getting 'topical.'