That depends. Unless a game is amazingly well optimized for a specific card, it will not be able to use 100% of the resources. If running physics on the GPU lets it use those untapped resources then it can only be a good thing.
I'm not sure what you're arguing. A good simulation will of course simulate everything and work like the original in every way. Yet you argue it will not "think" because it is a simulation, only biological brains can have "thoughts and feelings"? Perhaps you would like to claim that a machine intelligence lacks a soul as well?:)
I do agree that we don't know enough of the inner function of the brain to perfectly simulate it yet (otherwise we would already have done it, albeit in a slow form), but imaging technologies also benefit from growing computational power. I think we will have enough data on the brain to simulate it in the near future and after that we should be able to discern the principles behind intelligence. A detailed understanding of the workings of the human brain will probably take much longer than that, as it isn't the most elegant of designs.
But that is just idle speculation. We should be able to see for sure if it is possible after a few decades.;)
Unless one subscribes to a concept of a soul or some such nonsense, the brain is merely a device with a series of inputs and outputs. If we simulate everything that happens between those inputs and outputs, then we will be able to replicate thought.
The analogy of nuclear simulation and airplanes is flawed because there is no communication between simulation and reality. A simulated brain would need a way to communicate with the real world, i.e. by giving it real sensory data from reality and by giving it the ability to interact with reality. For an example of communication between reality and simulation, see hippocampus prosthesis.
I'm guessing it's due to Moore's law. If it keeps going for a couple of more decades, we should be able to simulate all the neurons in a brain, thus creating simulated intelligence.
Those are made with the free editor. What the GP meant was that EA probably only puts creatures made with the full version of the editor into the final game, as the amount of penis creatures should be lower. They will still have to hand-pick the creatures they put in the final version though.
I'm not sure what the current EROEI for oil is, but I've read estimates that it is in the area of 15ish. That would mean that the production cost of a barrel of oil is about 7% of the price of a barrel, at least in theory. This presumably includes all additional costs like oil exploration.
Small drives have much lower data density, which equates to being much slower than new drives. I don't need much more than a few hundred GBs of space, but I'm still upgrading to much larger drives because of their speed.
While that is interesting, it doesn't really explain why a PC is feeding water level data to the safety system. Surely the water level isn't something other power plants need to know? Unless I'm missing something, the water level sensors should be directly connected to the safety systems and not through an intermediary PC.
Ok, so you really hate the newer VS versions. I still think it's unreasonable to expect that companies like Havok spend time making their SDKs compatible with VS 6 when even Microsoft doesn't support it.
Oh, and those "free" versions of yours? They aren't free for corporate use...
Concentrating on end-game content makes sense. Keeping old players happy is much easier than trying to get new players to fill the void.
But I agree on your point about PVP players quitting, PVP in WoW is just too marginal and mostly consists of ganking or sitting in a very limited number of BGs/arenas fighting for new gear.
Humans can learn a limited amount but it's limited and I would argue a computer could well behave as a human and perform a human's functions. But is the human thinking? I don't think the human is consciously deciding anything except reacting to stimuli by applying previously learnt actions they have stored in their memory.
You seem to be assuming the rest of the world uses US laws. Stop it.
If your country is a member of the WTO, then it uses US laws. All the IP crap that has been shoved down our throats has its roots in TRIPS, which the US had a big hand in creating.
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*pats sumdumass's head*
Now there's a good Patriot. Now go outside and play, daddy will bring you Freedom Fries later.
You want the government who caused you to become a target to now prevent you from becoming a target?
Most likely you already made the decision before you started the game. After all, why would you need to decide if you'll shoot the enemy or not?
That depends. Unless a game is amazingly well optimized for a specific card, it will not be able to use 100% of the resources. If running physics on the GPU lets it use those untapped resources then it can only be a good thing.
I'm not sure what you're arguing. A good simulation will of course simulate everything and work like the original in every way. Yet you argue it will not "think" because it is a simulation, only biological brains can have "thoughts and feelings"? Perhaps you would like to claim that a machine intelligence lacks a soul as well? :)
;)
I do agree that we don't know enough of the inner function of the brain to perfectly simulate it yet (otherwise we would already have done it, albeit in a slow form), but imaging technologies also benefit from growing computational power. I think we will have enough data on the brain to simulate it in the near future and after that we should be able to discern the principles behind intelligence. A detailed understanding of the workings of the human brain will probably take much longer than that, as it isn't the most elegant of designs.
But that is just idle speculation. We should be able to see for sure if it is possible after a few decades.
If HP's windows drivers are any indication, I would not dare install their drivers in Linux, open source or not!
She forgot the handbrake on.
Unless one subscribes to a concept of a soul or some such nonsense, the brain is merely a device with a series of inputs and outputs. If we simulate everything that happens between those inputs and outputs, then we will be able to replicate thought.
The analogy of nuclear simulation and airplanes is flawed because there is no communication between simulation and reality. A simulated brain would need a way to communicate with the real world, i.e. by giving it real sensory data from reality and by giving it the ability to interact with reality. For an example of communication between reality and simulation, see hippocampus prosthesis.
I'm guessing it's due to Moore's law. If it keeps going for a couple of more decades, we should be able to simulate all the neurons in a brain, thus creating simulated intelligence.
So, when will slashdot be offering SSL encryption? Most of us don't post anything that anyone would want to snoop on, but better safe than sorry.
Those are made with the free editor. What the GP meant was that EA probably only puts creatures made with the full version of the editor into the final game, as the amount of penis creatures should be lower. They will still have to hand-pick the creatures they put in the final version though.
I'm not sure what the current EROEI for oil is, but I've read estimates that it is in the area of 15ish. That would mean that the production cost of a barrel of oil is about 7% of the price of a barrel, at least in theory. This presumably includes all additional costs like oil exploration.
Small drives have much lower data density, which equates to being much slower than new drives. I don't need much more than a few hundred GBs of space, but I'm still upgrading to much larger drives because of their speed.
While that is interesting, it doesn't really explain why a PC is feeding water level data to the safety system. Surely the water level isn't something other power plants need to know? Unless I'm missing something, the water level sensors should be directly connected to the safety systems and not through an intermediary PC.
Man, it's really confusing to see that tilde after things you write, it always makes me think you are singing.
Doesn't sarcasm lose its meaning when it has to be explained?
He's been saying that a machine will pass the Turing test in 2020ish since the year 1990.
Actually, they are:
I don't see why it should support a 10 year old IDE.
Just grab the free express edition of 2005 and get rid of VS 6. Unless you're stuck on Win9x, in which case good luck. You're going to need it...
NVIDIA's PhysX library is free to use and will soon have hardware physics support on Geforce 8+ cards. The days of pay-for physics middleware is over.
What part of "uses Open Source to power their business" did you and the GP miss?
Concentrating on end-game content makes sense. Keeping old players happy is much easier than trying to get new players to fill the void.
But I agree on your point about PVP players quitting, PVP in WoW is just too marginal and mostly consists of ganking or sitting in a very limited number of BGs/arenas fighting for new gear.
Humans can learn a limited amount but it's limited and I would argue a computer could well behave as a human and perform a human's functions. But is the human thinking? I don't think the human is consciously deciding anything except reacting to stimuli by applying previously learnt actions they have stored in their memory.