Can each observed object in the machine code feed be represented by a stream of shifting symbols streaming vertically down the display? Can you make them green?
As soon as a problem is solved and coded, it loses the magic moniker. Many things we take for granted now (interactive voice systems, intent prediction, computer opponents in games) would have been considered AI in the past.
You're assuming this can't be combined with the technology behind 3D LCD monitors (already commercial), where each eye sees a different image because of its angle...
My wife had a science experiment go up on Challenger in '99. She managed to get a ticket for me as well, so we got to sit in the VIP section (some bleachers) opposite the public area. This was for one of the rarer night launches.
It was surprising to me how far away the shuttle was, that is until it launched. There is *nothing* like being there to witness the raw power expended to push a shuttle into orbit. It's worth the risk of missing the launch (we had 2 failed nights followed by the real thing). I watched the video I took with my son a couple of months ago, and it still sent shivers up my spine.
You're shortsightedly ignoring the long term benefits... How are we ever supposed to evolve beyond our current levels of perception unless our primary visual input encourages deeper color depth as a positive survival trait?
At least we know the versioning strategy...
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First Wii, then Wiii, Wiv, Wv, Wvi, Wvii, Wviii, Wix, Wx, Wxi...
That won't be confusing at all! I think I'll wait for the "Wix".
I wonder how vulnerable to other environmental sounds the locks might be? It might be fun to play random unlock codes on one of those big, thumping car stereos and go 'war unlocking', much like the garage-door drive-bys of yore.
So far, all of the tablets I've played with use a regular laptop screen. This is a big mistake, as it makes the portrait orientation wonky. Since regular laptop displays are made for wide horizontal but NOT wide vertical viewing angles, the distance between your eyes is enough that the display looks a bit off.
I'd love to hear a report from someone using a better technology. Are the TFT displays significantly better in this respect?
Assuming we can get by the political hurdles posed by breeder reactors, yes, we can extend things significantly. But Uranium is a non-renewable resource, and if we can find a better way, we should!
If we were to shift over to nuclear, we'd run out of *it* in less than 50 years. We really, really need to develop alternate energy sources!
An aside -- Did you know that it's possible (with a process involving very high temperatures) to de-radiate nuclear waste? If we were to do so, however, we'd soon run out of radioactive material, which is actually quite useful stuff.
No secret here -- Motorola SPS bought Metrowerks and kept it as a wholly owned subsidiary, Motorola SPS is now Freescale (a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorola).
Like it or not, we have integrated the bomb's technology into our societies. Just because it's first expression was as a weapon doesn't mean we can't put it to work in other ways.
There are few new technologies that can't be turned into a weapon or used "for evil". Mankind won't take the "don't go there" line, so we might as well start planning.
On my first day of work at a large corporation I walked into my assigned office. It was on the west wall of a converted warehouse, but had no windows.
The walls were painted light gray, the carpet was medium gray, the lights flourescent, the desk black with a white top, and the chair dark gray and black.
Someone with a dark sense of humour had hung a black-and-white poster on the wall. I felt like I had walked into a Twilight Zone episode!
> he certainly qualified as a curmudgeon. Famously, if he was at a talk and the speaker put up a slide that had more than one color in it, Djikstra would interrupt and ask what the different colors meant. (I actually had an opportunity to see him do that once.)
He was at UT when I did my master's in CS there, and he was certainly a character. When the speaker walked into the room and saw him on the front row, little beads of sweat would immediately begin to form.
I actually took a class from him, which had a vague Latin name he translated for us as "whatever I want to talk about". He was quirky and intimidating but friendly and engaging at the same time.
Some of the interesting things he did:
He took pictures of each of the students (I think there were 7 of us) to file away somewhere. I guess it helped him remember our names.
He used a different hand for writing on the chalkboard on alternate days. Lefty-days were sometimes a bit rough. He had broken his right wrist a year or so before, and wanted to ensure he could still function if it happened again.
The class had no tests and no homework, but featured an open-ended one-on-one "verbal final" at the end of the semester, either in his (large, corner, carpeted, blackboards-on-every-wall) office, or in his home.
The verbal final featured *me* with those little beads of sweat...
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Can each observed object in the machine code feed be represented by a stream of shifting symbols streaming vertically down the display? Can you make them green?
As soon as a problem is solved and coded, it loses the magic moniker. Many things we take for granted now (interactive voice systems, intent prediction, computer opponents in games) would have been considered AI in the past.
You're assuming this can't be combined with the technology behind 3D LCD monitors (already commercial), where each eye sees a different image because of its angle...
My wife had a science experiment go up on Challenger in '99. She managed to get a ticket for me as well, so we got to sit in the VIP section (some bleachers) opposite the public area. This was for one of the rarer night launches.
It was surprising to me how far away the shuttle was, that is until it launched. There is *nothing* like being there to witness the raw power expended to push a shuttle into orbit. It's worth the risk of missing the launch (we had 2 failed nights followed by the real thing). I watched the video I took with my son a couple of months ago, and it still sent shivers up my spine.
The inkjet cartridge racket is invading our storage! Run away!
You're shortsightedly ignoring the long term benefits... How are we ever supposed to evolve beyond our current levels of perception unless our primary visual input encourages deeper color depth as a positive survival trait?
First Wii, then Wiii, Wiv, Wv, Wvi, Wvii, Wviii, Wix, Wx, Wxi...
That won't be confusing at all! I think I'll wait for the "Wix".
I wonder how vulnerable to other environmental sounds the locks might be? It might be fun to play random unlock codes on one of those big, thumping car stereos and go 'war unlocking', much like the garage-door drive-bys of yore.
Having hacked with Perl for many years, I must say I find seeing "best practices" and "Perl" in the same title seems a bit oxymoronic.
*waterfowl*
So far, all of the tablets I've played with use a regular laptop screen. This is a big mistake, as it makes the portrait orientation wonky. Since regular laptop displays are made for wide horizontal but NOT wide vertical viewing angles, the distance between your eyes is enough that the display looks a bit off.
I'd love to hear a report from someone using a better technology. Are the TFT displays significantly better in this respect?
Assuming we can get by the political hurdles posed by breeder reactors, yes, we can extend things significantly. But Uranium is a non-renewable resource, and if we can find a better way, we should!
If we were to shift over to nuclear, we'd run out of *it* in less than 50 years. We really, really need to develop alternate energy sources!
An aside -- Did you know that it's possible (with a process involving very high temperatures) to de-radiate nuclear waste? If we were to do so, however, we'd soon run out of radioactive material, which is actually quite useful stuff.
No secret here -- Motorola SPS bought Metrowerks and kept it as a wholly owned subsidiary, Motorola SPS is now Freescale (a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorola).
There are few new technologies that can't be turned into a weapon or used "for evil". Mankind won't take the "don't go there" line, so we might as well start planning.
On my first day of work at a large corporation I walked into my assigned office. It was on the west wall of a converted warehouse, but had no windows.
The walls were painted light gray, the carpet was medium gray, the lights flourescent, the desk black with a white top, and the chair dark gray and black.
Someone with a dark sense of humour had hung a black-and-white poster on the wall. I felt like I had walked into a Twilight Zone episode!
_Tim
He was at UT when I did my master's in CS there, and he was certainly a character. When the speaker walked into the room and saw him on the front row, little beads of sweat would immediately begin to form.
I actually took a class from him, which had a vague Latin name he translated for us as "whatever I want to talk about". He was quirky and intimidating but friendly and engaging at the same time.
Some of the interesting things he did:
He took pictures of each of the students (I think there were 7 of us) to file away somewhere. I guess it helped him remember our names.
He used a different hand for writing on the chalkboard on alternate days. Lefty-days were sometimes a bit rough. He had broken his right wrist a year or so before, and wanted to ensure he could still function if it happened again.
The class had no tests and no homework, but featured an open-ended one-on-one "verbal final" at the end of the semester, either in his (large, corner, carpeted, blackboards-on-every-wall) office, or in his home.
The verbal final featured *me* with those little beads of sweat...