...but Wired UK is a poor impersonation of Wired US.
So much so that both editions go on sale side-by-side here in the UK. Not sure what the circulation figures for both are here but I buy the US edition.
I'd like to see the evidence that points to an inverse relationship between open source and open APIs. This article mentions it in the title but there's nothing in the (marketing) article confirming this.
UK Afghanistan veteran (summer past) here. I have never heard of this game.
In our unit we had something called a SAAT indoor electronic range. It offered a series of acted out simulations that soldiers/marines 'walked through' and at the end gave a report with accuracy of shot, etc and a replay of the scenario so you could see fall of shot and how well individuals coped with life/death decisions. It was obviously photo realistic and had real (deactivated) weaponry with a few added sensors. I could be wrong but I think this kind of range is on practically all infantry bases in the UK.
The only possible thing this software could give you extra would be the ability to practice squad-based orders & movement. But I'm not sure how that's cheaper than just doing for real outside.
Really interesting point.
To me, it's effect on commercial sw co's is akin to that of the effect sweat shops in the Far East have had on the textile industry in Europe. You can't compete with zero cost. The argument previously that OSS was the poor brother in terms of usaubility, functionality and support. But increasingly this is not the case.
I can see a scenario of immense consolidation, with only a handful of the largest OSS co's (Red Hat, SuSE, maybe JBoss) making it. This period of VC interest in minnows will not end profitably for the majority.
? Your ramblings are very inconsistent? Why flame a comment to begin with if 'arguing over the internet is lame'? So now you admit Google is very good at what it does, well thats progress.
But your reasoning here is laughable...
You say NLP forms most of Google's techniques? First I heard of it, and seeing as you stated NLP was a more advanced AI tech in opening your argument, once again I do not think I am the one using 'text book phrases'.
btw we had an intern from Cambridge working with us during the summer. Smart guy, not afraid to argue his point et all, but more importantly could back up his arguments with evidence. I suggest you do the same in future
Gee, and I thought all slashdotters were industry leaders...
Lets see now, i've studied the applications of AI in finance for about 4 years (If you must know, Program Trading using NNets and more recently, Genetic Algorithms). The programs we develop and deploy out across distributed linux clusters guarantee price decision and execution inside a tenth of a second.
The investment bank I work for is an industry leader in the take up of disruptive technologies including more recently cutting edge collaboration software. Our IT teams use and contribute to more Open Source projects than the average global software company.
I appreciate the challenges Google has in coming up with their solutions.
ahuh. So you give a hard example by stating several general areas of AI?
Any one of -
'computer vision' Pattern matching?
'interactive dialog system' A wizard interface?
'NLP systems' I don't think you have a clue frankly. NLP is not yet recognised as practical in any industrial process. You mention it several times, but display no clue of its usefulness.
'Game AIs' Your own context is confused here. 'Game AIs' is not a technology. Do you know the A* algorithm? Have you studied path-finding?
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...but Wired UK is a poor impersonation of Wired US. So much so that both editions go on sale side-by-side here in the UK. Not sure what the circulation figures for both are here but I buy the US edition.
I'd like to see the evidence that points to an inverse relationship between open source and open APIs. This article mentions it in the title but there's nothing in the (marketing) article confirming this.
UK Afghanistan veteran (summer past) here. I have never heard of this game. In our unit we had something called a SAAT indoor electronic range. It offered a series of acted out simulations that soldiers/marines 'walked through' and at the end gave a report with accuracy of shot, etc and a replay of the scenario so you could see fall of shot and how well individuals coped with life/death decisions. It was obviously photo realistic and had real (deactivated) weaponry with a few added sensors. I could be wrong but I think this kind of range is on practically all infantry bases in the UK. The only possible thing this software could give you extra would be the ability to practice squad-based orders & movement. But I'm not sure how that's cheaper than just doing for real outside.
crutch computing would be more accurate.
FTFH: "Google isn't allowing the video ads to appear on its own Web site "
Really interesting point. To me, it's effect on commercial sw co's is akin to that of the effect sweat shops in the Far East have had on the textile industry in Europe. You can't compete with zero cost. The argument previously that OSS was the poor brother in terms of usaubility, functionality and support. But increasingly this is not the case. I can see a scenario of immense consolidation, with only a handful of the largest OSS co's (Red Hat, SuSE, maybe JBoss) making it. This period of VC interest in minnows will not end profitably for the majority.
? Your ramblings are very inconsistent? Why flame a comment to begin with if 'arguing over the internet is lame'? So now you admit Google is very good at what it does, well thats progress. But your reasoning here is laughable... You say NLP forms most of Google's techniques? First I heard of it, and seeing as you stated NLP was a more advanced AI tech in opening your argument, once again I do not think I am the one using 'text book phrases'. btw we had an intern from Cambridge working with us during the summer. Smart guy, not afraid to argue his point et all, but more importantly could back up his arguments with evidence. I suggest you do the same in future
Gee, and I thought all slashdotters were industry leaders...
Lets see now, i've studied the applications of AI in finance for about 4 years (If you must know, Program Trading using NNets and more recently, Genetic Algorithms). The programs we develop and deploy out across distributed linux clusters guarantee price decision and execution inside a tenth of a second.
The investment bank I work for is an industry leader in the take up of disruptive technologies including more recently cutting edge collaboration software. Our IT teams use and contribute to more Open Source projects than the average global software company.
I appreciate the challenges Google has in coming up with their solutions.
ahuh. So you give a hard example by stating several general areas of AI?
Any one of -
'computer vision' Pattern matching?
'interactive dialog system' A wizard interface?
'NLP systems' I don't think you have a clue frankly. NLP is not yet recognised as practical in any industrial process. You mention it several times, but display no clue of its usefulness.
'Game AIs' Your own context is confused here. 'Game AIs' is not a technology. Do you know the A* algorithm? Have you studied path-finding?
Your a joke. But go on, suprise me
let me make this clear to you two
Give me a fucking EXAMPLE!
By the strength of your beliefs, i'm gonna be disappointed if its anything less then Skynet
I knew they were big into offshoring but...
well the Irish Republican Army have stolen £26.5million from the Northern Bank in Belfast, UK.
Everyone knows they did it, bits of it have been found, but so far the actual perpetrators who walked in and took it are at large.
Moral: Dont use computers to steal, you only have to walk in through their front door.