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  1. Turing Test on How I Failed the Turing Test · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Isn't this sort of what the article about captchas a few days back was?

    Most AI today is extremely specialized. It's not hard to design something that appears to think, if it only has to check for 3 cases.

    The problem with speech is that assumming all humans use perfect rules, which they don't, and assuming all computers know the perfect rules, which they don't as well, creates a logistical nightmare. Computers work well with numbers.

    Did he say hi? Yes he did, so let's say hi back.

    It is really hard to design a bot that would actually analyze what they are saying.

    Did he say hi? Yes, he greeted me with a "hello" "Hello to you too."

  2. Re:But... on PayPal to Offer Micropayments · · Score: 1

    I'm almost positive they don't charge anything for the actual deposit to the bank account.

  3. Re:Zelda FPS. on End of an Era For Zelda · · Score: 1

    If I had mod points, I'd mod that up. There really has been a shortage of good storyline-based games. I honestly don't remember the last game I played based that had a true storyline, from start to finish.

  4. Re:Donating to freenet will not solve anything on Australian Court says Kazaa Users Breach Copyright · · Score: 1

    The grandparent just shows that even if RIAA/others face a loss at all the lawsuits, they are succeeding at some things - intimidation, perhaps?

  5. Re:Next up: on End of an Era For Zelda · · Score: 1

    Zelda Kart actually sounds pretty fun. Horceracing game, anyone? And of course, you can fight others in a huge horse-battle. Does that sound familiar?

  6. Re:Superman is Dead! on End of an Era For Zelda · · Score: 2, Funny

    "NoJ Executives: Hey, those people are clamoring for other zelda games." "NoJ #2: But we can't go back on our words!" "Coming Soon: The Legend of Melda, Starring Bink!"

  7. Zelda FPS. on End of an Era For Zelda · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Rather than just making a crap spinoff of such a great series, they should retire it with dignity.

  8. Link the website or copy the applet? on Fuddruckers Called Out on Hotlinking · · Score: 1

    The main problem with what FD did, AFAIK, was the fact that they linked to the flash directly, not to the website containing the flash.

  9. Re:Invalid markup from such people is a disgrace. on Mambo Changes its Name to Joomla! · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, looking through the errors, I saw that most of them were caused by the error parser, not the actual site. They had a url that had a "&" character inside quotes. That error caused the parser to assume that there was a variable undefined in the website, and caused about 5 other errors.

  10. Re:Microsoft on OpenGL Programming Guide · · Score: 1

    Why would it do such a stupid thing? Does Windows not display video if you aren't using a MS video card? Then why would it shut it down if you aren't using MS drivers?

  11. Re:Who buy Winzip anyway ? on New Winzip in the Works · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can't you, you know, make a folder?

  12. Re:Vista is a total rip-off of Tiger... on Comparing Tiger and Vista Beta 1 · · Score: 2, Informative

    "Surprisingly, Windows Vista Beta 1 is a speedy performer. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised to see statistics showing that it's already faster than XP on the same hardware. This is somewhat confusing to me, since early betas are generally not tuned for performance. Plus, Vista has an incredibly dense UI compared to XP. I'll be interested to see whether this changes over time."

    Found on: http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winvista_beta1 _03.asp

  13. Re:How can this be controversial? on Report Claims Men More Intelligent Than Women · · Score: 1

    Most people that have actually put forth intelligent arguments are /not/ arguing about the results. They are arguing about the validity of the data. Whether IQ is a "good" factor in measuring intelligence has a definite impact in whether intelligence is right. If you can't measure something, then the study can't be done correctly, can it? And the sky is NOT blue. It happens to be pitch black right now!

  14. Re:EQ (emotional intelligence) on Report Claims Men More Intelligent Than Women · · Score: 1

    Woot, 1/0!

  15. Re:Interesting flash-based captcha on Defeating Captcha · · Score: 1

    That's assuming the person designing the flash has no idea what he's doing. Basically, layer the captchas. Have a random encrypted image being sent along with the flash.

  16. Re:i guess... on Google Talk Available Early · · Score: 1

    I sent you a response.

  17. Re:Steps... on Google Talk Available Early · · Score: 2, Informative

    For gAIM, I found these steps worked: Screen name: Your account name, withoug the gmail. Server (The first one): is JUST 'gmail.com' Resource is whatever, I'm using 'talk' Connect Server: is 'talk.google.com' That should do it. And DONT click register. Just click save and log in.

  18. Browser? on Google Releases GDS 2.0 · · Score: 1

    How is a sidebar with links taking shape as a browser? AFAIK, you still need to have IE or Firefox installed to see the links.

  19. Re:quick on New Online MD5 Hash Database · · Score: 1

    Don't worry - people are nice these days, they can forgive an honest mistake!

  20. Re:HDs with two sets of heads? on Toshiba 40GB Perpendicular Magnetic Record Drives · · Score: 1

    I would think that actually getting a two-headed hard drive would be possible, but coordinating the different heads would require two controllers anyway. I assume a platter is cheaper than a controller, so that's why this hasnt been done.