Really? You've seen other board games built around the syntax of some computer language? Please tell me about them! I'd love to play them. I had thought this game was innovative and interesting, but if there's a whole collection of similar board games, I'd love to get into them. Didn't find anything on boardgamegeek.com.
True (to my knowledge anyway), few boardgames use the syntax of computer languages, but there are many board games that use programming as a core mechanic in the game. The game of Rambots comes to mind as an example.
Perhaps games using computer languages are more suited to computers in the first place? In that case, I can point to The Schemaverse based on SQL, and Code Hero based on Javascript.
Anyone interested in D-wave owes it to themselves to read up on the many blog posts written byScott Aaronson on the subject. I'll leave it up to the readers to challenge or assert his observations, none-the-less, they are a good read on this subject.
Maim or kill? Or even crowd control? Clearly these are failures of the imagination. I'm thinking about truly innovative applications, such as "enhanced" interrogation techniques.
Incredibly, most employers will pay your tuition for you to get the MS degree, but care very little after you get it. No changes in assignments, pay, or promotion, it's like it never happened.
I should know, I got my first MS after 15 years in the workforce, and am about to finish my second after 25 years in the workforce. I'm going over the study guide for the PhD qualifiers as I speak...
If they really want to reduce the amount of offensive postings, they would moderate their forums. I find that the sites with human-moderated forums are very much clean of the drivel you usually see on other sites. Granted, human moderation brings its own set of issues, such as the prejudices of the moderator, but the results are plain to see. Just compare a human moderated site, such as boargamegeek to an unmoderated one, such as IMDB , or Yahoo News.
Having made more than a few parachute jumps myself, the question of "why" is one I hear often. The best answer I've heard was the one given by one Charles Lindberg on the subject, reprinted below:
"... when I decided that I too must pass through the experience of a parachute jump, life rose to a higher level, to a sort of exhilarated calmness. The thought of crawling out onto the struts and wires hundreds of feet above the earth, and then giving up even that tenuous hold of safety and of substance, left me a feeling of anticipation mixed with dread, of confidence restrained by caution, of courage salted through with fear. How tightly should one hold onto life? How loosely give it rein? What gain was there for such a risk? I would have to pay in money for hurling my body into space. There would be no crowd to watch and applaud my landing. Nor was there any scientific objective to be gained. No, there was deeper reason for wanting to jump, a desire I could not explain.
It was that quality that led me into aviation in the first place -- it was a love of the air and sky and flying, the lure of adventure, the appreciation of beauty. It lay beyond the descriptive words of man -- where immortality is touched through danger, where life meets death on equal plane; where man is more than man, and existence both supreme and valueless at the same instant. "
Getting back to your topic, why didn't they go higher, the answer is that they will. This is just one of the dry runs, if you will, for the next jump.
What do you say cyber dudes (and dudettes) out there? Are recruiters calling you? Are you getting retention or sign-on bonuses? Is the grass really that green over there?
But they can't. Seriously. It is illegal now. In Texas, it is a state jail crime. (I am sure in other states too, but I do not know all the laws.) The FaceBook TOS forbids sharing passwords, and using another password is "accessing a computer or system without the express permission of the owner" and put both the user and the employer in violation of the Texas hacking statute.
Also, my FaceBook includes information that is protected under a few employment acts. It includes things like race, sexual preference, age, and religious affiliation. By asking, they are breaking employment law.
Nice try. Since you gave them your password, it is no longer "unauthorized access". By providing them your password of your own free will voluntarily;) you also gave them authorization to access all information available under that password. No hacking was performed since your potential employer is now an authorized user of that computer system
BTW: They may not be allowed to ask you race, sexual preference, age, and religious affiliation, but you are perfectly "free" to tell them!
Bill: We thank you for your epic struggle to keep you characters true to your vision. We also hope you've made arrangements to keep that vision intact after your passing.
I hear ya, but science fiction is rarely about the characters. Quick, name these characters:
- The narrator in "War of the Worlds"
- The narrator in "1984"
- Any character in a Jules Verne story
- Any of the astronauts in 2001 A Space Odyssey (Okay, we remember the one dude, but that's because the computer said his name when he wouldn't open the door)(OK, the computer is a character, and I'll bet you know its name)
- The narrator in The Handmaidens Tale
- The Blade Runners love interest
My point being that the best science fiction is about ideas/extrapolation/tech/etc and how it affects Man, rather than being about any particular man. This is true (though to a lesser extent) even today. Weeks after reading a novel by Alastair Reynolds, I remember the plot, the setting, the interstellar voyages, the biotech, but the characters... they are really just everyman, trying to make their way in a brave new world (pun intended).
PS: I use "man" as a generic term to mean human being, no affront to women intended. I'll leave it up to/. ers to guess what my gender is, or if that matters.
I forget which journalist proposed this idea but it is a good one: one night a year. Just one lousy night. For one night let's turn off all the lights we safely can, and all go outside and look up.
I can dream can't I? For now, we can participate in the Globe at Night project.
Yes yes, please share. Post it in a web site for download or something. One of my best learning experiences way back when was using one of those microprocessor-on-a-board kits that had a hex keyboard and a two character LED display. I often considered picking one up just to tinker in assembly language.
2015 - intel/ms produce all goods in China - the computer sent to the US
2020 - intel/ms declare bankruptcy. Chinese companies produce all parts and software, computer sent to the US
2015 - intel/ms produce all goods in China - the computer sent to the US
2020 - intel/ms report record profits. Executives and board members of Intel and MS receive multi-billion dollar bonuses. Since they are the only US based employees of said companies, they congratulate each other on another banner year.
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Really? You've seen other board games built around the syntax of some computer language? Please tell me about them! I'd love to play them. I had thought this game was innovative and interesting, but if there's a whole collection of similar board games, I'd love to get into them. Didn't find anything on boardgamegeek.com.
True (to my knowledge anyway), few boardgames use the syntax of computer languages, but there are many board games that use programming as a core mechanic in the game. The game of Rambots comes to mind as an example.
Perhaps games using computer languages are more suited to computers in the first place? In that case, I can point to The Schemaverse based on SQL, and Code Hero based on Javascript.
"It's strange to write a serious research proposal and have half of your bibliography be science fiction."
Anyone interested in D-wave owes it to themselves to read up on the many blog posts written byScott Aaronson on the subject. I'll leave it up to the readers to challenge or assert his observations, none-the-less, they are a good read on this subject.
...to host her on the ISS?
... didn't make that list but it shows up in IMDB as being available in 2013.
You may think it's a long way to the chemist's but that's peanuts compared to space!
(Just kidding! Thanks for your informative post!)
Your Mom's Dildo is ready!
Maim or kill? Or even crowd control? Clearly these are failures of the imagination. I'm thinking about truly innovative applications, such as "enhanced" interrogation techniques.
Incredibly, most employers will pay your tuition for you to get the MS degree, but care very little after you get it. No changes in assignments, pay, or promotion, it's like it never happened.
I should know, I got my first MS after 15 years in the workforce, and am about to finish my second after 25 years in the workforce. I'm going over the study guide for the PhD qualifiers as I speak...
Probably a lot cheaper than kajillions of $$$ spent on cyber defense...
If they really want to reduce the amount of offensive postings, they would moderate their forums. I find that the sites with human-moderated forums are very much clean of the drivel you usually see on other sites. Granted, human moderation brings its own set of issues, such as the prejudices of the moderator, but the results are plain to see. Just compare a human moderated site, such as boargamegeek to an unmoderated one, such as IMDB , or Yahoo News.
Having made more than a few parachute jumps myself, the question of "why" is one I hear often. The best answer I've heard was the one given by one Charles Lindberg on the subject, reprinted below:
"... when I decided that I too must pass through the
experience of a parachute jump, life rose to a higher level, to a sort of
exhilarated calmness. The thought of crawling out onto the struts and wires
hundreds of feet above the earth, and then giving up even that tenuous hold
of safety and of substance, left me a feeling of anticipation mixed with
dread, of confidence restrained by caution, of courage salted through with
fear. How tightly should one hold onto life? How loosely give it rein? What
gain was there for such a risk? I would have to pay in money for hurling my
body into space. There would be no crowd to watch and applaud my landing.
Nor was there any scientific objective to be gained. No, there was deeper
reason for wanting to jump, a desire I could not explain.
It was that quality that led me into aviation in the first place -- it was a
love of the air and sky and flying, the lure of adventure, the appreciation
of beauty. It lay beyond the descriptive words of man -- where immortality
is touched through danger, where life meets death on equal plane; where man
is more than man, and existence both supreme and valueless at the same
instant. "
Getting back to your topic, why didn't they go higher, the answer is that they will. This is just one of the dry runs, if you will, for the next jump.
I watched the video, but could not find the still from TFA in it. At what point does the sprite happen?
Never mind! I found it. It's about 4 seconds into the video in the upper right. It flashed by very quickly so it is easy to miss.
I watched the video, but could not find the still from TFA in it. At what point does the sprite happen?
Cybersecurity has got to be a great job! Why just the other day I submitted a story about how a fellow from the State Department said the cybersecurity "would most assure 30 years of steady, well-paying employment".
What do you say cyber dudes (and dudettes) out there? Are recruiters calling you? Are you getting retention or sign-on bonuses? Is the grass really that green over there?
No joke! If you can write an algorithm to do this, you can win $60,000. See:
http://www.kaggle.com/c/asap-aes ... but time is running out...
But they can't. Seriously. It is illegal now. In Texas, it is a state jail crime. (I am sure in other states too, but I do not know all the laws.) The FaceBook TOS forbids sharing passwords, and using another password is "accessing a computer or system without the express permission of the owner" and put both the user and the employer in violation of the Texas hacking statute.
Also, my FaceBook includes information that is protected under a few employment acts. It includes things like race, sexual preference, age, and religious affiliation. By asking, they are breaking employment law.
Nice try. Since you gave them your password, it is no longer "unauthorized access". By providing them your password of your own free will voluntarily ;) you also gave them authorization to access all information available under that password. No hacking was performed since your potential employer is now an authorized user of that computer system
BTW: They may not be allowed to ask you race, sexual preference, age, and religious affiliation, but you are perfectly "free" to tell them!
I did. Circles ended up being kind of squashed and flat, except they were that way all the way around.
(paraphrased from an ancient website about pi approximation day)
A is for Atom
Something so small
No one has seen one
No one at all
B is for Bomb
Something much bigger
And brother,
You'd better be careful with that trigger
Teller read those words for a PBS documentary (Nova?) years ago.
"...Why did they name it after one of the Ninja Turtles?"
Bill: We thank you for your epic struggle to keep you characters true to your vision. We also hope you've made arrangements to keep that vision intact after your passing.
- The narrator in "War of the Worlds"
- The narrator in "1984"
- Any character in a Jules Verne story
- Any of the astronauts in 2001 A Space Odyssey (Okay, we remember the one dude, but that's because the computer said his name when he wouldn't open the door)(OK, the computer is a character, and I'll bet you know its name)
- The narrator in The Handmaidens Tale
- The Blade Runners love interest
My point being that the best science fiction is about ideas/extrapolation/tech/etc and how it affects Man, rather than being about any particular man. This is true (though to a lesser extent) even today. Weeks after reading a novel by Alastair Reynolds, I remember the plot, the setting, the interstellar voyages, the biotech, but the characters... they are really just everyman, trying to make their way in a brave new world (pun intended).
PS: I use "man" as a generic term to mean human being, no affront to women intended. I'll leave it up to /. ers to guess what my gender is, or if that matters.
I can dream can't I? For now, we can participate in the Globe at Night project.
Yes yes, please share. Post it in a web site for download or something. One of my best learning experiences way back when was using one of those microprocessor-on-a-board kits that had a hex keyboard and a two character LED display. I often considered picking one up just to tinker in assembly language.
2015 - intel/ms produce all goods in China - the computer sent to the US
2020 - intel/ms declare bankruptcy. Chinese companies produce all parts and software, computer sent to the US
2015 - intel/ms produce all goods in China - the computer sent to the US
2020 - intel/ms report record profits. Executives and board members of Intel and MS receive multi-billion dollar bonuses. Since they are the only US based employees of said companies, they congratulate each other on another banner year.
Fixed that for ya! ;)