being a programmer, I interchange the two all the time because of the overlap. Of course gp isn't ga, in the same sense that doing a traveling salesman problem by hand doesn't count as programming an answer, even if you are programmatically solving it.
and I am eager to begin a project I'd like to start which would make gp easier for anyone that wanted to pick it up and run with it. I think gp can be used in many more applications than it is now, and I'd like to prove it.
besides, wouldn't it be great if rampant sex could be used to solve all your problems?
get yourself some tools for working in the programming languages of your choice. I recommend 'Go' and 'D', since you'll be playing God.
then, just have fun with smaller projects, like figuring out the best way to fill a rectangle with circles, before tackling really complex problems. Genetic algorithms tend to 'cheat', so it's really best to just experiment with them, rather than reading info from a book.
I got the opportunity to do a genetic algorithm at my university for one of my projects, and I'm surprised that only now is this tech becoming slightly popular.
You take a fistful of bad answers to a problem, throw 'em in a breeding pit, and let 'em go at it.
you essentially breathe life into binary data, becoming a God, and allowing 'your people' to evolve into a solution to your problem.
I suppose you could call yourself an 'Intelligent Designer', but that lacks panache.
There are other graphs that show more data, if you actually want to look.
The sun's activity is directly linked to the drop you're talking about, but the global daily mean temperature over the last few decades shows that it keeps climbing upwards, accounting for drastic spikes that correspond directly to solar activity.
So yes, it's a very serious man-made threat. Unless there's some invisible pink unicorn farting out heat in an amount that would be more influential than the sun. Note that the junk science link shows data for a whopping 3 years and concludes its hypotheses based on that, whereas the NASA link shows data for hundreds of years, with obvious cycles present, which correspond to the first graph.
Seriously, how many times to I have to ask this. The Razer needs a total of SIX plasma cannons; two mounted on the tips of its wings and 4 along the hull. This prototype they've sent us will do for now, but what are lazers supposed to do againt giant frickin mechs? and don't get me started on projectile weaponry. With an aerial combat vehicle like this we get one shot at a stealth strike, and a one shot one kill weapon is the best we can hope for.
I ain't taking this on any test runs until you deliver me some real firepower.
"Have you ever searched for some information, and Google gave a hit where the surrounding text of the query already answers your question? And then not clicked the website?"
As many of my teachers have explained, there are always a few students that do this right before class, turning in 13-second responses to assignments that were meant to be done the night before.
I at least had the common sense to reword everything in my own way, and I also typed much faster.
K, Here's how I see it.
I can accept that nothing can move faster than the speed of light.
That means that there is a temperature at which nothing can be colder (absolute zero) and a temperature in which nothing can be hotter (the temperature at which all molecular and atomic motion is done at the speed of light).
But I can't see a physical limit to what they're describing, because it's wrong.
Here's why:
I create a holographic projector. it's about the size of a housecat. it creates a holographic image that is the size of 24x30x200 Jamesisawesomes (that's a term for something that makes up the things that make up the things that make up the things that make up the smallest things we know about now). Even though nothing can physically be that small, I've created a hard drive that is virtually that small, allowing for the creation and operation of a ridiculously tiny hard drive that can hold a near-infinite amount of data.
The flaw in their argument is that they assume we won't discover something "smaller than that" which can be used to catapult our technology one more step into the infinite.
Let me see those rose-colored glasses for a moment.
I mean how hard is it to make sure your hammer does its job? there's no quality control in that. As things get more complicated it becomes FAR more difficult to make sure they work as intended.
"SOE has repeatedly said that they have learned from their mistakes, and plan to not repeat them."
That is a blatant lie and should not be spread.
If they had learned from their mistakes they would REVERT the NGE and restore SWG to its former glory, but they're ashamed of doing what the customer wants.
Does anyone have any stats on the number of people still playing versus the number of people playing prior?
It's a huge difference.
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being a programmer, I interchange the two all the time because of the overlap. Of course gp isn't ga, in the same sense that doing a traveling salesman problem by hand doesn't count as programming an answer, even if you are programmatically solving it.
and I am eager to begin a project I'd like to start which would make gp easier for anyone that wanted to pick it up and run with it. I think gp can be used in many more applications than it is now, and I'd like to prove it.
besides, wouldn't it be great if rampant sex could be used to solve all your problems?
but you already can!
get yourself some tools for working in the programming languages of your choice. I recommend 'Go' and 'D', since you'll be playing God.
then, just have fun with smaller projects, like figuring out the best way to fill a rectangle with circles, before tackling really complex problems. Genetic algorithms tend to 'cheat', so it's really best to just experiment with them, rather than reading info from a book.
I got the opportunity to do a genetic algorithm at my university for one of my projects, and I'm surprised that only now is this tech becoming slightly popular.
You take a fistful of bad answers to a problem, throw 'em in a breeding pit, and let 'em go at it.
you essentially breathe life into binary data, becoming a God, and allowing 'your people' to evolve into a solution to your problem.
I suppose you could call yourself an 'Intelligent Designer', but that lacks panache.
No, he's pissed because he knows your initials aren't "ASS".
The earth made its reflex save, duh.
Did it occur to you the Coronal Mass Ejection might not be pointed at us?
Damn, all the parallellizing stuff is built around that assumption. well, there goes that.
Al Gore and Ron Paul both agree, Cheney is a Dick.
There you go.
Dude, nobody cares about those temperature scales.
We need to know how many Kelvins that is.
(do not be alarmed, the joke was intentional)
http://www.tmgnow.com/repository/solar/lassen1.html
http://www.junkscience.com/GMT/index.html
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.global-greenhouse-warming.com/images/AR4WG1GlobalMeanTemp.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.global-greenhouse-warming.com/global-temperature.html&h=384&w=567&sz=86&tbnid=ZkCq3VjJqZA8xM:&tbnh=91&tbnw=134&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dglobal%2Bmean%2Btemperature&usg=__5O0QbT0FvssTY0dQkkMAt750tg8=&ei=vfcJS-jjMqGNtgennMj-Bw&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=4&ct=image&ved=0CBgQ9QEwAw
There are other graphs that show more data, if you actually want to look. The sun's activity is directly linked to the drop you're talking about, but the global daily mean temperature over the last few decades shows that it keeps climbing upwards, accounting for drastic spikes that correspond directly to solar activity.
So yes, it's a very serious man-made threat. Unless there's some invisible pink unicorn farting out heat in an amount that would be more influential than the sun. Note that the junk science link shows data for a whopping 3 years and concludes its hypotheses based on that, whereas the NASA link shows data for hundreds of years, with obvious cycles present, which correspond to the first graph.
Welcome to 2009.
Whether it is known by the public is irrelevant, it's already in the hands of crackers and terrorists.
Once the people know about it, THEN it's possible for some good to come of it.
Seriously, how many times to I have to ask this. The Razer needs a total of SIX plasma cannons; two mounted on the tips of its wings and 4 along the hull. This prototype they've sent us will do for now, but what are lazers supposed to do againt giant frickin mechs? and don't get me started on projectile weaponry. With an aerial combat vehicle like this we get one shot at a stealth strike, and a one shot one kill weapon is the best we can hope for.
I ain't taking this on any test runs until you deliver me some real firepower.
(kudos to anyone who gets the reference)
Aren't we talking about Google?
Aren't we allowed to use their search engine? How is that not them sharing it?
If it were, Fox itself would be a felon.
"Have you ever searched for some information, and Google gave a hit where the surrounding text of the query already answers your question? And then not clicked the website?"
As many of my teachers have explained, there are always a few students that do this right before class, turning in 13-second responses to assignments that were meant to be done the night before.
I at least had the common sense to reword everything in my own way, and I also typed much faster.
Josh Davis, the most interesting man on Slashdot.
Stay thirsty, my friends.
Here we call it Murca.
Sadly, most slashdotters won't be impressed until it can detect the jiggle of the breast of an Orion slave girl.
K, Here's how I see it.
I can accept that nothing can move faster than the speed of light.
That means that there is a temperature at which nothing can be colder (absolute zero) and a temperature in which nothing can be hotter (the temperature at which all molecular and atomic motion is done at the speed of light).
But I can't see a physical limit to what they're describing, because it's wrong.
Here's why:
I create a holographic projector. it's about the size of a housecat. it creates a holographic image that is the size of 24x30x200 Jamesisawesomes (that's a term for something that makes up the things that make up the things that make up the things that make up the smallest things we know about now). Even though nothing can physically be that small, I've created a hard drive that is virtually that small, allowing for the creation and operation of a ridiculously tiny hard drive that can hold a near-infinite amount of data.
The flaw in their argument is that they assume we won't discover something "smaller than that" which can be used to catapult our technology one more step into the infinite.
STAND BACK!
I'm going to attempt time travel.
It would be more popular as the Legend of Thusnelda.
It's dangerous to go alone. Take this.
Well that's what you get for not marrying a sexy barely legal nurse in underwear.
Let me see those rose-colored glasses for a moment.
I mean how hard is it to make sure your hammer does its job? there's no quality control in that. As things get more complicated it becomes FAR more difficult to make sure they work as intended.
No, what they do is they commit suicide and then say bad things about you to God while you can't defend yourself against the accusations.
Boy, are you in for it.
"SOE has repeatedly said that they have learned from their mistakes, and plan to not repeat them."
That is a blatant lie and should not be spread.
If they had learned from their mistakes they would REVERT the NGE and restore SWG to its former glory, but they're ashamed of doing what the customer wants.
Does anyone have any stats on the number of people still playing versus the number of people playing prior?
It's a huge difference.
That's just silly. I stared at the black hole and I'm just fine. In fact, it turned me into a helicopter.