Comparing this to FTL shows that YOU don't have a very good understanding of the issues. And to call the programmers morons? Ok.. would you mind posting the code here on slashdot that would win this competition just like a human? I'll be waiting...
Personally, i'd like to see all the big-players in the tech-sector band together and out-bid the establishment, since they're so interested in seeing their handheld platforms becoming pervasive. Right now, shitty cellular service is one of the deal-breakers for handheld computing.
I'm feeling bummed out. I've been reading story after story of cool-sounding research that never seems to hit the market. Anyone wanna bet when I can go out to wal-mart and get something like this? I'm not holding my breath.
And people who write articles should learn to write them more thoroughly. If the article doesn't look promising, i'm not going to spider across the web collecting as much as I can on it.
I RTFA... It seems to handwave so much about parallel computing, that it seems they haven't discovered anything. All i see is "clock frequency can't increase, so we're going parallel'.... Surely, this can't be the extent of their research. The article claims its 'easy to program', but there are zero specifics about why that would be the case. Can anyone tell me what they've done here (if anything)?
Comparing myspace to SETI is preposterous. At least there's a CHANCE that there's intelligent life out there. Searching myspace for intelligence is futile.
What do you do when they're hellbent on killing you. I was going down the freeway once in the rightmost lane.. The road was clear, no ramps nearby.. And this guy behind pulls up behind going more than 100 (i'm doing about 65), and he just keeps speeding until he's within centimeters of my rear. Obviously, more than anything, i dont *want* a collison. So, i switch lanes. He follows. Switch again. He follows. Again.. Fortunately, by this point another man on the road saw this and got pissed of and started boxing the guy in, and he finally gave up. I hate driving....
Yes, C++ developers more often seem to 'get it' about computer architecture. And C++ *is* like a scalpel, and Java *is* like a pair of scissors (rounded corners, i'm not sure). But, in comparing them, one has to consider the extensive, well-documented, and reliably structured libraries that come with Java. When you need to demonstrate a broadly functioning prototype in a short development cycle, an exacto knife is too much trouble. For a time-critical, mission-critical software, then we can pull out the C++ and assembly code.
Fascinating. Your post was absolute trolling, yet it gets a +5 interesting. Had any equivalent post been pro-Intel, I get the impression we'd see a -1.
I was really enjoying the article blurb going 'oh right! Awesome!' to myself until I read "paradigm shift"... Not even the best technology can overcome the power of a cliche.
'never being able to invent'.. this is simply not true. Sure, we can argue of the semantics of a word like 'invent', but the fact is applications such as Genetic Programming have already DEMONSTRATED that computers can synthesize work that would, in a human, be seen as creative.
If there were some way to shrink this device and integrate it with a umpc, it could be wonderful. I know, I know.. "no tactile feeedbacck!!!" Well, nobody said you had to live your life on a umpc. But such a device would be wonderful for typing in a url quickly (something which is pure hell on a cellphone).
Does anyone remember the promise of being able to view footage from many different angles on a DVD, back when DVD was a hot new thing? Well, that certainly never became widespread (Circuit City demos aside). I think people are simply too interested in no-frills-straight-to-the-movie entertainment. Just my two pessimistic cents.
This will provide google with many labellings.. but I worry about the quality.. Under time pressure, people playing this game will want to give replies they know are so simple anyone else would guess.. I saw a photo of the moon during play, and someone labelled it 'ground'-- true, but not that helpful.
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Oh gee! Thats awful. Good thing we have your wisdom to point this out for us!
Comparing this to FTL shows that YOU don't have a very good understanding of the issues. And to call the programmers morons? Ok.. would you mind posting the code here on slashdot that would win this competition just like a human? I'll be waiting...
Personally, i'd like to see all the big-players in the tech-sector band together and out-bid the establishment, since they're so interested in seeing their handheld platforms becoming pervasive. Right now, shitty cellular service is one of the deal-breakers for handheld computing.
To appeal to the toys-r-us crowd, they gave it the word 'revolution and got 'Wii'
I'm feeling bummed out. I've been reading story after story of cool-sounding research that never seems to hit the market. Anyone wanna bet when I can go out to wal-mart and get something like this? I'm not holding my breath.
And people who write articles should learn to write them more thoroughly. If the article doesn't look promising, i'm not going to spider across the web collecting as much as I can on it.
I RTFA... It seems to handwave so much about parallel computing, that it seems they haven't discovered anything. All i see is "clock frequency can't increase, so we're going parallel'.... Surely, this can't be the extent of their research. The article claims its 'easy to program', but there are zero specifics about why that would be the case. Can anyone tell me what they've done here (if anything)?
Comparing myspace to SETI is preposterous. At least there's a CHANCE that there's intelligent life out there. Searching myspace for intelligence is futile.
What do you do when they're hellbent on killing you. I was going down the freeway once in the rightmost lane.. The road was clear, no ramps nearby.. And this guy behind pulls up behind going more than 100 (i'm doing about 65), and he just keeps speeding until he's within centimeters of my rear. Obviously, more than anything, i dont *want* a collison. So, i switch lanes. He follows. Switch again. He follows. Again.. Fortunately, by this point another man on the road saw this and got pissed of and started boxing the guy in, and he finally gave up. I hate driving....
Yes, C++ developers more often seem to 'get it' about computer architecture. And C++ *is* like a scalpel, and Java *is* like a pair of scissors (rounded corners, i'm not sure). But, in comparing them, one has to consider the extensive, well-documented, and reliably structured libraries that come with Java. When you need to demonstrate a broadly functioning prototype in a short development cycle, an exacto knife is too much trouble. For a time-critical, mission-critical software, then we can pull out the C++ and assembly code.
Why do I get that feeling that in 50 years, every person on earth will be in prison, and there'll be nobody left to intimidate with the law?
Fascinating. Your post was absolute trolling, yet it gets a +5 interesting. Had any equivalent post been pro-Intel, I get the impression we'd see a -1.
that you can't vote a story as -1 Flamebait
I wouldn't really call them posers, considering that my own dancing is reminiscent of Elaine from Seinfeld
Or else "We are gone for lunch" (vocal english) -> "We are go for launch" (textual english) -> $@#!%$#%^#$^@ (a huge mishap)
I was really enjoying the article blurb going 'oh right! Awesome!' to myself until I read "paradigm shift"... Not even the best technology can overcome the power of a cliche.
'never being able to invent'.. this is simply not true. Sure, we can argue of the semantics of a word like 'invent', but the fact is applications such as Genetic Programming have already DEMONSTRATED that computers can synthesize work that would, in a human, be seen as creative.
Chinese hackers installing root kits? Are you sure they weren't Japanese (aka Sony)?
If there were some way to shrink this device and integrate it with a umpc, it could be wonderful. I know, I know.. "no tactile feeedbacck!!!" Well, nobody said you had to live your life on a umpc. But such a device would be wonderful for typing in a url quickly (something which is pure hell on a cellphone).
Does anyone remember the promise of being able to view footage from many different angles on a DVD, back when DVD was a hot new thing? Well, that certainly never became widespread (Circuit City demos aside). I think people are simply too interested in no-frills-straight-to-the-movie entertainment. Just my two pessimistic cents.
I always enjoyed the ANSI graphics better myself (the people who made pictures out of those colored blocks were so creative).
oops. I misread that and thought you said "they should hook it up *to* that teenager who tried to build a nuclear reactor".
going to have his eyes swapped out for protection against this?
This will provide google with many labellings.. but I worry about the quality.. Under time pressure, people playing this game will want to give replies they know are so simple anyone else would guess.. I saw a photo of the moon during play, and someone labelled it 'ground'-- true, but not that helpful.
512 MB ought to be enough for anybody... oh wait