I guess you have evidence that the process is classical and you do not use Occam's Razor on that.
We don't have *evidence* for either. Classical model is simpler to use than the QM one, but it does not mean it will yield the right results. Why do you obsess with free will btw? You can have free will in either system. If the brain is working on a macro(classical) way, the inputs the drive it (everything surrounding us) are not. So how could a thought/action be deterministic?
You are incorrectly deducing that QM is for "the little things" only. Try reading Schrödinger's cat thought experiment in order to see how a change at the atomic level can change the state of a very large system (a cat).
The fact is: we do not (yet) now if neurons are correctly modeled using a classical theory. Free will and the rest of what you wrote are irrelevant to this very specific fact.
AI as the one described in the article is deterministic. Are we sure that intelligence as we know it does not depend, at the lowest level, on quantum mechanics?
Do we alter the function of a neuron if we attach a measuring device on it (do we change its state during the measurement, that affects the output in a significant way)?
I expect from high profile game companies (like Valve) to give map making tools of the box for FPS games
Also automatic downloading of a map in case you don't have it should be a must have
P.S.
I am an Unreal Tournament player (UT99 and Ut2004). I am used to NOT having to download anything when connecting to a server that has the craziest mutator on the strangest map ever:-)
I will assume that you are joking
Your database is only queried? No insert/update/delete? If yes who does these? Ah developers:-)
Database model design is not the only source of problems. A table locking where you should not lock (everything) can bring a good designed system to it knees
As for the map example on my previous post, imagine a Java TreeMap, or a.NET Dictionary implemented as a two column temporary table to be dropped after use - yeah some of my previous colleagues did these things:-(
I am a developer, and my experience has shown that if you use one of: Oracle, SQLServer, PostgreSQL, DB2 and application performance is poor, 99% of the time it is poor design from our (developer's) side.
Developers without good understanding of Relational Databases and SQL often produce problems that cannot be solved by indexes, or throwing transistors at them.
It is so nice to see a "custom" made map implemented in the database using temporary tables instead of using the language's built-in map functionality:-)
sorting arrays using the database gets extra points (no kidding, I have seen this!)
Project lead:So where are we?
Dev 1:We have just finished the icon for the desktop shortcut
Project lead:I knew the game engine change decision would pay off. What's next?
Dev 2:Well...Vista is out now and the icon would definitely look better for Aero
Project lead:Agreed. redo the icon. Should we also change to Unreal Engine 4?
Dev 3: Let me call EPIC and ask for their latest build
Moral of the story: Why finish and ship when you can change the game engine and start from scratch?
Next time my boss walks in and announces that he signed up with a new customer for a product we do NOT have (and also promised that we will deliver in 2 months), I will surely step up and propose we write it in a C++/lisp hybrid like real men do.
Cynicism aside, it is the real business world demands on development that necessitate usage of languages like Java and C# (apart from OS, compilers, games, and some real time systems).
If you work for a "when it is done" company you are a lucky minority and you may use whatever tools will make the product more complete/fast/secure. I don't. I have great use for junior programmers with a good understanding of OO, even if they don't understand memory allocation very well. If they are good in C, C++, all the better. But not knowing the later will not deny them a programming position.
It turns out that the large majority (about 90%) of ordinary matter in a cluster is not in the galaxies themselves, but in hot X-ray emitting intergalactic gas.
Question:
How do we know that? This is the basic argument on which the separation of Dark/ordinary matter is done using the images
[quote] I chalk all this nonsense to a slow newsday. I swear, this is the dumbest fad that is making every idiots eyes light up as if this is the best thing since sliced bread. [/quote]
Having played only a week of WoW (free) I do agree that WoW excludes other activities (playing other games or Real world activities) since you need to put time into it in order to get gaming satisfaction.
I think the time issue is true of MMOs in general excluding Guild Wars.
I only play GW because in my 10 hours/week of gaming I do like to have a little of UT2004, .
I have read about battlegrounds, high level raids and all seem nice. I just cannot understand why is has to take so much time to get there.
GW does that. It lets you build a high level PVP character in 1 minute and go into battle. Of course it will not be as customized as a PVE character but it lets you play on a level field.
No joke here. Infinium labs continues to give marketing (in a scamming way) lessons. They have found a way to draw capital without researching/producing/contrubuting to anything.
While we laugh at them and getting +5 funny for our comments, I guess they are +10 funny for laughing back at us since they are 70mil $$$$$$$ richer.
Enough talk! Back to coding and back to begging to sell my working product for food.
Generally speaking, we can divide any piece of entertainment into one of three groups: Art, Game, and Spectacle
What category sex falls in?
Is it a game when you cannot win? (maybe it is when you are playing with yourself) Is a spectacle? (I am talking about having sex not watching pr0n) I guess it has to be art then...
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Sorry, what was the question again?
I know man. Things like these just make you want to go out and shoot some people
I guess you have evidence that the process is classical and you do not use Occam's Razor on that.
We don't have *evidence* for either. Classical model is simpler to use than the QM one, but it does not mean it will yield the
right results. Why do you obsess with free will btw? You can have free will in either system. If the brain is working on a
macro(classical) way, the inputs the drive it (everything surrounding us) are not. So how could a thought/action be deterministic?
You are incorrectly deducing that QM is for "the little things" only. Try reading Schrödinger's cat thought experiment in order to
see how a change at the atomic level can change the state of a very large system (a cat).
The fact is: we do not (yet) now if neurons are correctly modeled using a classical theory. Free will and the rest of what you
wrote are irrelevant to this very specific fact.
AI as the one described in the article is deterministic. Are we sure that intelligence as we know it does not depend, at the lowest
level, on quantum mechanics?
Do we alter the function of a neuron if we attach a measuring device on it (do we change its state during the measurement, that
affects the output in a significant way)?
I expect from high profile game companies (like Valve) to give map making tools of the box for FPS games
:-)
Also automatic downloading of a map in case you don't have it should be a must have
P.S. I am an Unreal Tournament player (UT99 and Ut2004). I am used to NOT having to download anything when connecting to a server that has the craziest mutator on the strangest map ever
So you have code in two places? Application layer (lets say JAVA) and DB layer (triggers)?
How do you debug, log, source control, deploy?
I found triggers to be a pain in the ass on the problems above
(Unless you just have one big customer and nothing else)
I will assume that you are joking :-)
.NET Dictionary :-(
Your database is only queried? No insert/update/delete? If yes who does these? Ah developers
Database model design is not the only source of problems. A table locking where you should not lock
(everything) can bring a good designed system to it knees
As for the map example on my previous post, imagine a Java TreeMap, or a
implemented as a two column temporary table to be dropped after use - yeah some of my previous
colleagues did these things
I am a developer, and my experience has shown that if you use one of: Oracle, SQLServer,
:-)
PostgreSQL, DB2 and application performance is poor, 99% of the time it is poor design from our
(developer's) side.
Developers without good understanding of Relational Databases and SQL often produce problems that
cannot be solved by indexes, or throwing transistors at them.
It is so nice to see a "custom" made map implemented in the database using temporary tables instead of
using the language's built-in map functionality
sorting arrays using the database gets extra points (no kidding, I have seen this!)
there has not been a faster game since it
Have you ever played Unreal Tournament 2004?
CTF with translocator and ONSLAUGHT are the fastest things you can play on the FPS genre.
true. The adrenaline system in UT2004 had this kind of positive feedback making strong players even stronger.
Why not fill the meter as time passes for all players?
It is not just the pirates. EPIC has to battle all these invisible ninjas too
Show them obfuscated code :D
For extra points get a couple of executables with you, and fire up the disassembler.
Show them Carmack's inverse square root function, in order to check if they are worthy to be your new masters
One Alien to the other: Told ya it was from this species the dumb-asses that ate the fucking apple!!!!
Alien addressing us: How old is this planet? We need to set our time machine clock and go fix your stupid error.
Church: 6,000 years old! Don't listen to the talking snake!
Slashdot: OMG pwnd!!!!
Project lead:So where are we?
Dev 1:We have just finished the icon for the desktop shortcut
Project lead:I knew the game engine change decision would pay off. What's next?
Dev 2:Well...Vista is out now and the icon would definitely look better for Aero
Project lead:Agreed. redo the icon. Should we also change to Unreal Engine 4?
Dev 3: Let me call EPIC and ask for their latest build
Moral of the story: Why finish and ship when you can change the game engine and start from scratch?
Can't wait to play DNF on my phantom console powered by my basement's antimatter fusion reactor, every morning before I take my flying car to work.
So Java being easy is a "deficiency" somehow?
Next time my boss walks in and announces that he signed up with a new customer for a product we do NOT have (and also promised that we will deliver in 2 months), I will surely step up and propose we write it in a C++/lisp hybrid like real men do.
Cynicism aside, it is the real business world demands on development that necessitate usage of languages like Java and C# (apart from OS, compilers, games, and some real time systems).
If you work for a "when it is done" company you are a lucky minority and you may use whatever tools will make the product more complete/fast/secure. I don't. I have great use for junior programmers with a good understanding of OO, even if they don't understand memory allocation very well. If they are good in C, C++, all the better. But not knowing the later will not deny them a programming position.
|33t $ki||z of course
From the article:
It turns out that the large majority (about 90%) of ordinary matter in a cluster is not in the galaxies themselves, but in hot X-ray emitting intergalactic gas.
Question:
How do we know that? This is the basic argument on which the separation of Dark/ordinary matter is done using the images
[quote]
I chalk all this nonsense to a slow newsday. I swear, this is the dumbest fad that is making every idiots eyes light up as if this is the best thing since sliced bread.
[/quote]
sliced bread? Shit! *runs to patent office*
Having played only a week of WoW (free) I do agree that WoW excludes other activities (playing other games or Real world activities) since you need to put time into it in order to get gaming satisfaction.
I think the time issue is true of MMOs in general excluding Guild Wars.
I only play GW because in my 10 hours/week of gaming I do like to have a little of UT2004, .
I have read about battlegrounds, high level raids and all seem nice. I just cannot understand why is has to take so much time to get there.
GW does that. It lets you build a high level PVP character in 1 minute and go into battle. Of course it will not be as customized as a PVE character but it lets you play on a level field.
No joke here. Infinium labs continues to give marketing (in a scamming way) lessons. They have found a way to draw capital without researching/producing/contrubuting to anything. While we laugh at them and getting +5 funny for our comments, I guess they are +10 funny for laughing back at us since they are 70mil $$$$$$$ richer. Enough talk! Back to coding and back to begging to sell my working product for food.
I tried to drink while playing videogames but it was too hard to hold my beer AND the controller.
Thats what nintendo revolution will do for you: be able to drink your controller while you use your beer to play...hic!
Just a thought: -?GuildWars?-
:))
You dont have to wait EVER. You will go straight to the killing being PvE or PvP.
I would guess that being able to play a game WHENEVER you like should be a given and not a wish.
I do not want to start a game comparison flamewar BUT....why wait? (well you can play GW at least while you wait in queue
Generally speaking, we can divide any piece of entertainment into one of three groups: Art, Game, and Spectacle
What category sex falls in?
Is it a game when you cannot win? (maybe it is when you are playing with yourself)
Is a spectacle? (I am talking about having sex not watching pr0n)
I guess it has to be art then...