The title ("sixth sense") and the unrelated example of the tribesmen, which suggests "warning detection sense", rather than "pattern recognising mechanism".
In addition to what I just said, I also read TFA and found this:
Researchers provided study participants with a series of blue or white cues and asked them to push one button or another depending on the direction of arrows. Brain imaging suggested that an area of the brain had learned to recognize that blue cues indicated a greater potential for error, thus providing an early warning signal that negative consequences were likely to follow their behavior.
The rest of the article says essentially the same thing -- the brain learns to recognise a pattern of making mistakes, not that is able to sense impending danger before it happens or whatever.
The slashdot summary needlessly sensationalised this simple fact.
No, AFAIK, the tribesmen affected by the tsunami (were they aboriginal? I don't know) knew to run to high places for safety not because of any sixth sense, but because of wisdom passed down the generations saying that whenever water in the ocean very quickly receded, it would soon come gushing and flood them. No sixth sense there!
The catch is, the media to be searched has to be prepped first.
Isn't that obvious? It's too much to expect it to be able to search video without knowing what it is.
Well that may be true, but then why didn't you just go out and say it? Why didn't you say that you had to invade Iraq so that it wouldn't have WMDs in the future... instead of the saying that you were invading it because it already had weapons of mass destruction?
The end does not always justify the means?
Government officials there claimed that they are needed as defense from an increasingly hostile attitude from Washington
But did they start making the nuclear weapons only after Washington started turning hostile?
You mean "Hear! Hear!", asking others to pay attention to what your parent is saying.
"Here here" looks as if you are calling out to a dog or something:)
What's even more funny is that your post seemed to work. After being kindly informed by you that this is not a troll, they changed the score from -1 troll to +5 funny.
Thanks.
No no, Ganga is always spelt Ganga, ganja is something entirely different: It's some sort of narcotic or something ("asian hemp"), something like heroin or cocaine, forgive me, I don't know much about these drugs.
No, I'm Indian, and I can assure you that Ganga is pronounced with neither g sounding like a j -- gun-gaa.
But there do exist people who, when speaking in English, call it "The Ganges" with the second 'g' like a j, for no reason that I can fathom.
I'm confused.
I already know the correct usage of the apostrophe.
There is no apostrophe in my post.
I have not mentioned anything about the apostrophe.
So what is the point you are trying to make, considering that I am not speaking about grammar, and my grammar is right?
Weird.
If everyone except the kids understands the FA so well, why does the article have to clear up things like "...thought flag-burning is illegal. It's not", etc.
Looks like the kids are not the only ones in need of education about the First Amendment?
Please. Don't mention base 13, it's not true and DNA didn't like it.
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Answer_to_Life,_t he_Universe,_and_Everything:
However, it was later pointed out that 6 X 9 = 42 if the calculations are performed in base 13, not base 10. Douglas Adams was not aware of this at the time, and has since been quoted as saying that "nobody writes jokes in base 13." and also "I may be a pretty sad person, but I don't make jokes in base 13."
Whoa! Why is this post modded 0, Insightful? Is getting first posts on Slashdot a grand challenge for the next 20 years, or what? Just how is this insightful?
Oh well, maybe it's modded differently by the time you read this, in which case just ignore this.
Does the Linux community have $750 million? Just curious.
In the few hours since this news first appeared on/., I have seen this particular (first) post modded 2 Funny, 3 Insightful, 1 Interesting and 0 Flamebait.
I'm new to slashdot, so just wondering:
Is this phenomenon of erratic moderating very common on slashdot?
That is like me donation $100 to charity.
Well, how often do you donate $100 to charity?
Okay, maybe you do, but most people do not donate to charity even what they are perfectly capable of. This is what makes Bill Gates donation significant, that he is donating at all.
I guess for Bill, unlike most people, the excuse "I'm not rich enough to donate to charity" just doesn't hold;)
My point exactly.
The Linux community is all about charity, every line of code written, every time someone gets an OS for free, is generosity itself.
On the other hand, this continuous generosity means that they do not have zillions of dollars to publicly give away from time to time.
But you must admit that what Bill Gates gives to charity is indeed a good thing, and he has made many donations. Maybe a small thing for the richest man, but it's still a significant thing.
"Let's see if the Linux community can match his generosity."
There cannot be some charity contest between Linux and Windows!
Anyway, most of the Linux community's displeasure is with Micro$oft and its activities, not Bill Gates the individual himself
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The title ("sixth sense") and the unrelated example of the tribesmen, which suggests "warning detection sense", rather than "pattern recognising mechanism".
The rest of the article says essentially the same thing -- the brain learns to recognise a pattern of making mistakes, not that is able to sense impending danger before it happens or whatever.
The slashdot summary needlessly sensationalised this simple fact.
No, AFAIK, the tribesmen affected by the tsunami (were they aboriginal? I don't know) knew to run to high places for safety not because of any sixth sense, but because of wisdom passed down the generations saying that whenever water in the ocean very quickly receded, it would soon come gushing and flood them. No sixth sense there!
The catch is, the media to be searched has to be prepped first.
Isn't that obvious? It's too much to expect it to be able to search video without knowing what it is.
You might like reading Michael Crichton's novel Prey.
Outsource what? :)
The building and production...
or the testing and research?
I live in Bangalore, you insensitive clod!
Well that may be true, but then why didn't you just go out and say it? Why didn't you say that you had to invade Iraq so that it wouldn't have WMDs in the future... instead of the saying that you were invading it because it already had weapons of mass destruction?
The end does not always justify the means?
Government officials there claimed that they are needed as defense from an increasingly hostile attitude from Washington But did they start making the nuclear weapons only after Washington started turning hostile?
In Korea, only old people have nuclear weapons.... Uh, nevermind :)
You mean "Hear! Hear!", asking others to pay attention to what your parent is saying. "Here here" looks as if you are calling out to a dog or something :)
What's even more funny is that your post seemed to work. After being kindly informed by you that this is not a troll, they changed the score from -1 troll to +5 funny. Thanks.
Whatever happened to "DO no evil"?
if we can consciously build a sentient being...
Maybe not strictly relevant, but somewhat similar is Asimov's short story Reason
No no, Ganga is always spelt Ganga, ganja is something entirely different: It's some sort of narcotic or something ("asian hemp"), something like heroin or cocaine, forgive me, I don't know much about these drugs.
No, I'm Indian, and I can assure you that Ganga is pronounced with neither g sounding like a j -- gun-gaa.
But there do exist people who, when speaking in English, call it "The Ganges" with the second 'g' like a j, for no reason that I can fathom.
I'm confused.
I already know the correct usage of the apostrophe.
There is no apostrophe in my post.
I have not mentioned anything about the apostrophe.
So what is the point you are trying to make, considering that I am not speaking about grammar, and my grammar is right?
Weird.
If everyone except the kids understands the FA so well, why does the article have to clear up things like "...thought flag-burning is illegal. It's not", etc.
Looks like the kids are not the only ones in need of education about the First Amendment?
[NYT=Check soul at door] ;), look here http://extensions.roachfiend.com/index.php#bugmeno t
Not with Bugmenot (http://www.bugmenot.com/)
And if you are using Firefox (as you should be
Whoa! Why is this post modded 0, Insightful? Is getting first posts on Slashdot a grand challenge for the next 20 years, or what? Just how is this insightful?
Oh well, maybe it's modded differently by the time you read this, in which case just ignore this.
Does the Linux community have $750 million? Just curious. /., I have seen this particular (first) post modded 2 Funny, 3 Insightful, 1 Interesting and 0 Flamebait.
In the few hours since this news first appeared on
I'm new to slashdot, so just wondering:
Is this phenomenon of erratic moderating very common on slashdot?
That is like me donation $100 to charity. ;)
Well, how often do you donate $100 to charity?
Okay, maybe you do, but most people do not donate to charity even what they are perfectly capable of. This is what makes Bill Gates donation significant, that he is donating at all.
I guess for Bill, unlike most people, the excuse "I'm not rich enough to donate to charity" just doesn't hold
My point exactly.
The Linux community is all about charity, every line of code written, every time someone gets an OS for free, is generosity itself.
On the other hand, this continuous generosity means that they do not have zillions of dollars to publicly give away from time to time.
But you must admit that what Bill Gates gives to charity is indeed a good thing, and he has made many donations. Maybe a small thing for the richest man, but it's still a significant thing.
"Let's see if the Linux community can match his generosity." There cannot be some charity contest between Linux and Windows! Anyway, most of the Linux community's displeasure is with Micro$oft and its activities, not Bill Gates the individual himself