Fortress is shaping up to be an interesting competitor, with some pretty nifty features, and integrated into the language are certain concepts such as atomicity, parallel processing, and novel, more powerful methods for implementing loops and operators.
Actually, it shows that the author's writer subscribes to one or more 'word (of the/a) day' collections, and the word "manse" was in fact a recent word of the day.
Fortunately for you, the errors at this scale will be less than 6E-8 of the most significant digit. An HL/HL2 map is usually scaled in units between -4000 and 4000, so your error might be about 0.00024. The player model is less precise than this. The hit box is even less precise. You will incur more error simply due to the fact that your mouse cursor only moves by a single pixel increment at a time which could be significant at a low resolution. In short, you missed because you can't aim, or because you lagged. If I were you, I'd yell LAGGGGGG. A lot. Over and over.
I mean, if you don't contact them about this issue, I don't see how you could possibly complain about it. Though given how many geeks work for Google, maybe you'll get lucky and one of them will read your post and fix this possible issue.
You're right, he could spend a fifth, a tenth, or a twentieth of what some people do on PCs, and get a $200 box that can run Word under Windows XP, no less. He could find a PC that could run Linux and OpenOffice for even less.
I on the other hand, would prefer my bathroom to be coated in Iron Oxide and Aluminum. That'll teach those bastards to inhabit my dwelling, and it'll teach me the fundamentals of chemistry and fire safety. Win-win!
BMW-Motorrad.de was listed at the time of my posting. In fact, it was the top entry. It is one click away from BMW.de and two clicks away from many other BMW sites. What wasn't listed at the time of my posting was, as you so astutely observed, BMW.de.
So Google took out both of BMW's sites in Deutschland, I still believe they got what they deserved.
This is completely ridiculous. For the vast majority of legitimate web pages, this will change, affect absolutely nothing. For those few major websites that do break the terms of service, then there will be consequences. This is barely a slap on the wrist, BMW's site is still accessable, try this: Google Query: BMW. See, BMW's site is still acceptable from Deutschland. Now, quit whining.
That's not a prediction though, Einstein had these things in mind when he created General Relativity. He could determine whether or not his theory rang true by checking some of these facts. As I understand it, there were several predictions made, and several properties of our solar system aligned more precisely to theoretical values upon using General Relativity. There is a distinct difference between making predictions and aligning your theory to match observed data. Predictions include such things as determining the bending of light during a full solar eclipse. As an outstanding display of scientific integrity, during WWI (1919 CE) British scientists confirmed a prediction of General Relativity. Had their evidence shown that General Relativity was incorrect, clearly a new theory would be necessary.
A new theory matching old observations (a priori evidence) != New observations matching an old theory (a posteriori evidence). The new theory should match old observations, whereas the new observations are where the theory is falsifiable. Tests done after the publication of General Relativity to confirm its predictions constitute evidence that may prove GR false. Citing observations that Einstein obviously had in mind prior to its publication is erronous reasoning at best.
You miss his point - it is possible to reinforce General Relativity by using experimental evidence, but there was no way to demonstrate it was ever wrong. Now we have experimental evidence of quantum interactions that show that General Relativity is not complete. It's when predictions of a theory are proven wrong advancements are made. Science is a progress of decreasing error.
Maybe you can't read, that might be true, but the person you replied to clearly stated that the patch was withdrawn. That is, the exploit still exists.
The best thing they could do would be to make DRM'd files multiply-downloadable in different formats. Certain corporations will never allow Google to distribute media without some sort of DRM protections. Well, if Google offered files in multiple protections then they could easily get a large marketshare, esp. if this service was highly compatible with multiple types of mp3 players. No more people complaining about their iTunes files not playing on other mp3 players, etc. It would be a Very Good Thing (as opposed to Evil) if they did this. Not to mention, multiple formats makes it a lot easier for end users to crack them.
I think you misinterpreted the meaning of 'accuracy' used here. What they're saying is, their software will provide a sentence correctly approximately 60 to 80% of the time, and on other occasions, it may make errors in the context of certain words. That isn't to say it won't understand them, or that it will leave spots in the sentence blank (just to irk you!), but rather, it will simply make errors that we would call human errors.
Forgive me for not having the fortitude to post this as Anon, but... mod parent up for funny, underrated, or insightful. This pisswater to Dom Perignon article is just like lead to gold from all evidence given.
What?! Cats cannot see the laser in midair with nothing causing diffraction. Without something to move the light outward from its path, the photons are taking what is essentially a straight line trip from the pointer to the floor. There's no broomstick of light that cats can see that we can't.
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I for one welcome our new patent holding overlords
Too late.
Fortress is shaping up to be an interesting competitor, with some pretty nifty features, and integrated into the language are certain concepts such as atomicity, parallel processing, and novel, more powerful methods for implementing loops and operators.
Eegad... hire a maid before the stench gets too rank.
Actually, it shows that the author's writer subscribes to one or more 'word (of the/a) day' collections, and the word "manse" was in fact a recent word of the day.
Somehow, I don't see Bill Gates being a big contributor to George Bush.
All I have to do is expose myself to child porn? Sign me up! *eyeroll*
Fortunately for you, the errors at this scale will be less than 6E-8 of the most significant digit. An HL/HL2 map is usually scaled in units between -4000 and 4000, so your error might be about 0.00024. The player model is less precise than this. The hit box is even less precise. You will incur more error simply due to the fact that your mouse cursor only moves by a single pixel increment at a time which could be significant at a low resolution. In short, you missed because you can't aim, or because you lagged. If I were you, I'd yell LAGGGGGG. A lot. Over and over.
So... email them about it?
I mean, if you don't contact them about this issue, I don't see how you could possibly complain about it. Though given how many geeks work for Google, maybe you'll get lucky and one of them will read your post and fix this possible issue.
As loathe I as am to commitments, what could possibly make me want to share them? Disgusting things, those.
You're right, he could spend a fifth, a tenth, or a twentieth of what some people do on PCs, and get a $200 box that can run Word under Windows XP, no less. He could find a PC that could run Linux and OpenOffice for even less.
Unfortunately, the result will be undefined.
Except eventually it becomes a bureaucracy in which one specific person can stall indefinately changes to the entire thing. What a bloody waste.
I on the other hand, would prefer my bathroom to be coated in Iron Oxide and Aluminum. That'll teach those bastards to inhabit my dwelling, and it'll teach me the fundamentals of chemistry and fire safety. Win-win!
He started an outline and wrote his hypothesis a few months ago, but he told me he'll be published in a peer-reviewed journal Real Soon Now.
BMW-Motorrad.de was listed at the time of my posting. In fact, it was the top entry. It is one click away from BMW.de and two clicks away from many other BMW sites. What wasn't listed at the time of my posting was, as you so astutely observed, BMW.de.
So Google took out both of BMW's sites in Deutschland, I still believe they got what they deserved.
This is completely ridiculous. For the vast majority of legitimate web pages, this will change, affect absolutely nothing. For those few major websites that do break the terms of service, then there will be consequences. This is barely a slap on the wrist, BMW's site is still accessable, try this: Google Query: BMW. See, BMW's site is still acceptable from Deutschland. Now, quit whining.
That's not a prediction though, Einstein had these things in mind when he created General Relativity. He could determine whether or not his theory rang true by checking some of these facts. As I understand it, there were several predictions made, and several properties of our solar system aligned more precisely to theoretical values upon using General Relativity. There is a distinct difference between making predictions and aligning your theory to match observed data. Predictions include such things as determining the bending of light during a full solar eclipse. As an outstanding display of scientific integrity, during WWI (1919 CE) British scientists confirmed a prediction of General Relativity. Had their evidence shown that General Relativity was incorrect, clearly a new theory would be necessary.
A new theory matching old observations (a priori evidence) != New observations matching an old theory (a posteriori evidence). The new theory should match old observations, whereas the new observations are where the theory is falsifiable. Tests done after the publication of General Relativity to confirm its predictions constitute evidence that may prove GR false. Citing observations that Einstein obviously had in mind prior to its publication is erronous reasoning at best.
You miss his point - it is possible to reinforce General Relativity by using experimental evidence, but there was no way to demonstrate it was ever wrong. Now we have experimental evidence of quantum interactions that show that General Relativity is not complete. It's when predictions of a theory are proven wrong advancements are made. Science is a progress of decreasing error.
Maybe you can't read, that might be true, but the person you replied to clearly stated that the patch was withdrawn. That is, the exploit still exists.
The best thing they could do would be to make DRM'd files multiply-downloadable in different formats. Certain corporations will never allow Google to distribute media without some sort of DRM protections. Well, if Google offered files in multiple protections then they could easily get a large marketshare, esp. if this service was highly compatible with multiple types of mp3 players. No more people complaining about their iTunes files not playing on other mp3 players, etc. It would be a Very Good Thing (as opposed to Evil) if they did this. Not to mention, multiple formats makes it a lot easier for end users to crack them.
I think you misinterpreted the meaning of 'accuracy' used here. What they're saying is, their software will provide a sentence correctly approximately 60 to 80% of the time, and on other occasions, it may make errors in the context of certain words. That isn't to say it won't understand them, or that it will leave spots in the sentence blank (just to irk you!), but rather, it will simply make errors that we would call human errors.
Forgive me for not having the fortitude to post this as Anon, but... mod parent up for funny, underrated, or insightful. This pisswater to Dom Perignon article is just like lead to gold from all evidence given.
Could somebody please write me the number infinity to 5 significant figures? Thanks.
(Hah! It's a joke! Don't flame me you OCD mathematicians you.)
What?! Cats cannot see the laser in midair with nothing causing diffraction. Without something to move the light outward from its path, the photons are taking what is essentially a straight line trip from the pointer to the floor. There's no broomstick of light that cats can see that we can't.
A pill to cure cancer? Pshaw!
A pill to end HIV/AIDS? Hah!
A pill to stop famine? Pfft!
Parent, don't make me laugh. It would be miraculous if we could have a 'pill for every ill.'