My funniest (and unfunniest) moment was when I finally took my Compaq Presario 1275 apart after the battery wouldn't take a charge and the power kept shorting out. The warranty had just expired.
It was clear that there was simply a broken contact that needed resoldering - no problem. I did the job, turned it on (still open) and after a few seconds ozone was detected, followed by what looked exactly like a lighter flame. New Year's Eve, 1999. $3200 down the drain. I almost cried, but it was really funny to everyone else in the room that witnessed it.
Turned out that I used the wrong kind of flux, which specifically stated on the bottle that it wasn't to be used for electronics, because it eats the board.
This is really amazing because it shows how the mind displays emergent properties from all the chemical and electrical activity in neurons in the brain.
In addition to proving that the mind is more than a Turing machine, or some other kind of discrete system, it's saying that the mind itself behaves dynamically, as if it was biological. This experimental work should help us understand language processing in humans in particular as it was the focus of the study.
It may lead to breakthroughs in how we approach the study of AI, specifically branches dealing with natural language processing, voice recognition, translation, and many others I'm sure. I also think the research is great because it is an answer to a deep question.
It's great that you read Slashdot, but when will it click in the average Slashdot reader to read TFA before posting a question that repeats the same question the parent asks, that is clearly answered in TFA?
I think your analysis is spot on. I'll add, as a.NET developer, that the Microsoft that is so sweet and tempting to me is that they are a tool builder and language designer, and I cannot for the life of me understand why Bill feels the need to hold onto Windows so hard he kills it and everything else.
Wasn't Bill Gates a tool builder? Did Microsoft not have software languages and tool building as their mandate as a company? Yeah, they did. If you are a tool builder, and a language designer then don't prevent us from using the tools on everything and anything we want. Languages are malleable and evolve and adapt and are used freely, but at the same time we need tools, which should cost money. So, give us tools that makes it easy to make an OS do anything I can think of, and I'll pay a lot for the tools. Microsoft as a tool builder should hope that the price of the materials should drop.
Interestingly, with software, sometimes the tools become "applications" themselves, for instance Word becoming automated by using VBA, or simply tracking document editing over time. Then developers realize that it's a tool and an application and want it for free so we can build the next killer app. Microsoft and companies like it should then work hard to build the next toolsets and languages that help us to build that greater application, or else they are going to have to fight as OSS software is developed.
Of course, there are other motivations besides developing the next killer app for writing OSS, like just wanting to not have to upgrade because your file format is too old and plain text isn't "acceptable" anymore.
Bullshit you two - that's a lot of money, period. What they hell are you thinking $219,000,000 per year "doesn't look like much in the grand scheme of things", WTF???
I totally agree, but wish I knew how they would have a sustainable business. I had no idea that Battlestar Galactica, which first aired in Great Britain, wasn't airing in the USA or Canada until I was looking for episode 6 or 7! I was shocked to find that out - I thought I had missed the first few episodes.
Then I saw BSG producers in the BSG forums asking people to stop downloading and watching the show, because they wanted as many viewers as possible for the US premiere. I have no idea how many people downloaded the series in advance - the ENTIRE series - before it aired in North America.
Well, they still had a fantastic US premiere, from what I can tell - in fact I believe that downloaders could have done nothing but helped get word out that it was actually good. Now the Dr.Who premiere is out and the BBC is ticked off... but I hardly think that downloaders will ruin the premiere.
However, it's still unclear how many people will/can pay for this stuff in non-traditional ways. It must be hard for executives of media companies to decide to allow people like me to download stuff for free when traditional models are the only thing they know that works.
There has to be hard proof that the numbers are there to carry a show by subscription, etc... In other words, there must be a first ground-breaking, full-blown money making hit, made and continued to be made using a non-advertising supported internet viewership. Or something.
Actually yes, and it sounds great, but we can't get Tivo here (Ottawa, Canada). There are other PVR solutions available here, but I am not fond of either the price or the services currently offered.
I also have a video capture card... but the computer bearing it is in an inconvienent location, and in use by my girlfriend (I'm not allowed to touch it anymore... ahem).
I plan on setting up MythTV "sometime real soon now", using the XBox which I use now to stream DLs directly to the TV from my desktop workstation. In the meantime, I'd guess that DLs make up 75% of my "intentional viewing", as opposed to mindless channel surfing.
... I would have watched it all the time. Being so busy, the problem I have with new television shows is that by the time I figure out the regular schedule (and by chance actually have free time during airing), they are playing repeats again.
I'd much rather download the shows, and I can download 5 of the Enterprise episodes at a time and watch them all one Saturday afternoon. I know I am not getting counted as a viewer. So that sucks. I'd pay for it if it was in a DVD set, or subscribe to it online....
You have to develop some marketing skills. I'd say at least now, after all this time you have to get this as a story followup on Slashdot (not just a comment) and get an interview on O'Reilly or something... it's important. Push this stuff. Good work too!
Absolutely. Are you joking? Working from home is the best thing. Bathroom. Sleep in. Work late. Watch TV while working (if you can do that and still do well). When I work from home I am WAY more productive.
The video was awesome. They move very well, and I think it's an evident advance.
Combined with a recent Slashdot story that other recent story entitled One "Giant Step for Humanoids" (do they mean "android"?), which features robots that utilize gravity during walking movement in a manner closer to humans than ever previously achieved, it seems that great strides have been made recently in the field of robotic engineering.
That's an amazing list of accomplishments. His family should be extremely proud. It is good to see that his son Aza is working on Archy, continuing the work.
That's the real difference... far more guys I know just like talking and thinking about math (ok, not many like talking about pure math per se, but more are open to the ideas of mathematics)and science than girls.
This is just conversational experience talking. I've met very few girls who think anything I talk about is interesting in the least, but many guys who jump right in and we have a great chat.
OK, I think the parent you were replying to was misunderstood, but you're a shallow, shameful person. You're just shrugging your shoulders. Even to the "universe" I believe this is "worth noting".
Oh and by the way, in 100 years the world will remember this very well indeed; just as they have remembered other massive disasters of this magnitude, you asshole. But we'll try hard to forget people like you.
I'll reduntantly post this reply to your redundant post.
According to another article on the same story at http://www.news-leader.com/today/1124-Teenbetter-2 33752.html, all other known survivors had been vaccinated after symptoms appeared, while this girl never received the vaccination, ever.
What mobile phone offered this kind of input?? If you are just talking about predictive completion, you only have half the story. RTFA - there's a lot more to it.
I suspect that estrogen levels have nothing to do with whether someone is better at these tasks or not. It's just that men with higher estrogen and lower testosterone tend to a) have less sexual desire and therefore be less concerned with sex than men with lower estrogen and higher testoterone levels, b) tend to be less attractive and geeky than other men and so have less success finding [a] mate[s], let alone reproducing, particularly during the formative years (such as high school and college/uni). These two factors give these "lucky" men the time to focus more on "geeky" activities.
I think the research is probably bogus because of these reasons, thus explaining why estrogen in women doesn't improve the % of women that have talent in these areas.
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In real analysis infinity and -infinity are defined by their reciprocals.
Whoa ... is 0/0 where quantum and classical physics meet? "0 and 1" at the same time IS DEFINED in quantum computing.
Of course, if this is true in any meaningful way, then of course optics would have an immediate benefit from this. Just a thought....
Actually, Jesus's ministry started when he was 30, and lasted only 3 years; then he was crucified and rose from the dead.
... as he scratched the dandruff from his scalp ...
My funniest (and unfunniest) moment was when I finally took my Compaq Presario 1275 apart after the battery wouldn't take a charge and the power kept shorting out. The warranty had just expired.
It was clear that there was simply a broken contact that needed resoldering - no problem. I did the job, turned it on (still open) and after a few seconds ozone was detected, followed by what looked exactly like a lighter flame. New Year's Eve, 1999. $3200 down the drain. I almost cried, but it was really funny to everyone else in the room that witnessed it.
Turned out that I used the wrong kind of flux, which specifically stated on the bottle that it wasn't to be used for electronics, because it eats the board.
Wow, I guess either no one cares, or everyone is too busy trying this out.
This is really amazing because it shows how the mind displays emergent properties from all the chemical and electrical activity in neurons in the brain.
In addition to proving that the mind is more than a Turing machine, or some other kind of discrete system, it's saying that the mind itself behaves dynamically, as if it was biological. This experimental work should help us understand language processing in humans in particular as it was the focus of the study.
It may lead to breakthroughs in how we approach the study of AI, specifically branches dealing with natural language processing, voice recognition, translation, and many others I'm sure. I also think the research is great because it is an answer to a deep question.
It's great that you read Slashdot, but when will it click in the average Slashdot reader to read TFA before posting a question that repeats the same question the parent asks, that is clearly answered in TFA?
The flaw in reasoning is obvious: There will not be much, if any, lost revenue, because any clients/customers you will be at the movie too! Duh....
I think your analysis is spot on. I'll add, as a .NET developer, that the Microsoft that is so sweet and tempting to me is that they are a tool builder and language designer, and I cannot for the life of me understand why Bill feels the need to hold onto Windows so hard he kills it and everything else.
Wasn't Bill Gates a tool builder? Did Microsoft not have software languages and tool building as their mandate as a company? Yeah, they did. If you are a tool builder, and a language designer then don't prevent us from using the tools on everything and anything we want. Languages are malleable and evolve and adapt and are used freely, but at the same time we need tools, which should cost money. So, give us tools that makes it easy to make an OS do anything I can think of, and I'll pay a lot for the tools. Microsoft as a tool builder should hope that the price of the materials should drop.
Interestingly, with software, sometimes the tools become "applications" themselves, for instance Word becoming automated by using VBA, or simply tracking document editing over time. Then developers realize that it's a tool and an application and want it for free so we can build the next killer app. Microsoft and companies like it should then work hard to build the next toolsets and languages that help us to build that greater application, or else they are going to have to fight as OSS software is developed.
Of course, there are other motivations besides developing the next killer app for writing OSS, like just wanting to not have to upgrade because your file format is too old and plain text isn't "acceptable" anymore.
Bullshit you two - that's a lot of money, period. What they hell are you thinking $219,000,000 per year "doesn't look like much in the grand scheme of things", WTF???
Everyone just do everything one hour earlier. There you go. No expensive code changes required. ;-)
Then I saw BSG producers in the BSG forums asking people to stop downloading and watching the show, because they wanted as many viewers as possible for the US premiere. I have no idea how many people downloaded the series in advance - the ENTIRE series - before it aired in North America.
Well, they still had a fantastic US premiere, from what I can tell - in fact I believe that downloaders could have done nothing but helped get word out that it was actually good. ... but I hardly think that downloaders will ruin the premiere.
Now the Dr.Who premiere is out and the BBC is ticked off
However, it's still unclear how many people will/can pay for this stuff in non-traditional ways. It must be hard for executives of media companies to decide to allow people like me to download stuff for free when traditional models are the only thing they know that works.
There has to be hard proof that the numbers are there to carry a show by subscription, etc... In other words, there must be a first ground-breaking, full-blown money making hit, made and continued to be made using a non-advertising supported internet viewership. Or something.
I also have a video capture card ... but the computer bearing it is in an inconvienent location, and in use by my girlfriend (I'm not allowed to touch it anymore ... ahem).
I plan on setting up MythTV "sometime real soon now", using the XBox which I use now to stream DLs directly to the TV from my desktop workstation. In the meantime, I'd guess that DLs make up 75% of my "intentional viewing", as opposed to mindless channel surfing.
YMMV!
Mod up! :D
... I would have watched it all the time. Being so busy, the problem I have with new television shows is that by the time I figure out the regular schedule (and by chance actually have free time during airing), they are playing repeats again.
I'd much rather download the shows, and I can download 5 of the Enterprise episodes at a time and watch them all one Saturday afternoon. I know I am not getting counted as a viewer. So that sucks. I'd pay for it if it was in a DVD set, or subscribe to it online....
You have to develop some marketing skills. I'd say at least now, after all this time you have to get this as a story followup on Slashdot (not just a comment) and get an interview on O'Reilly or something ... it's important. Push this stuff. Good work too!
Absolutely. Are you joking? Working from home is the best thing. Bathroom. Sleep in. Work late. Watch TV while working (if you can do that and still do well). When I work from home I am WAY more productive.
Combined with a recent Slashdot story that other recent story entitled
One "Giant Step for Humanoids" (do they mean "android"?), which
features robots that utilize gravity during walking movement in a manner closer to
humans than ever previously achieved, it seems that great strides have been made
recently in the field of robotic engineering.
[1] See - One "Giant Step for Humanoids"
That's an amazing list of accomplishments. His family should be extremely proud. It is good to see that his son Aza is working on Archy, continuing the work.
My respect.
That's the real difference ... far more guys I know just like talking and thinking about math (ok, not many like talking about pure math per se, but more are open to the ideas of mathematics)and science than girls.
This is just conversational experience talking. I've met very few girls who think anything I talk about is interesting in the least, but many guys who jump right in and we have a great chat.
OK, I think the parent you were replying to was misunderstood, but you're a shallow, shameful person. You're just shrugging your shoulders. Even to the "universe" I believe this is "worth noting".
Oh and by the way, in 100 years the world will remember this very well indeed; just as they have remembered other massive disasters of this magnitude, you asshole. But we'll try hard to forget people like you.
I'll reduntantly post this reply to your redundant post.
2 33752.html, all other known survivors had been vaccinated after symptoms appeared, while this girl never received the vaccination, ever.
According to another article on the same story at http://www.news-leader.com/today/1124-Teenbetter-
What mobile phone offered this kind of input?? If you are just talking about predictive completion, you only have half the story. RTFA - there's a lot more to it.
I suspect that estrogen levels have nothing to do with whether someone is better at these tasks or not. It's just that men with higher estrogen and lower testosterone tend to a) have less sexual desire and therefore be less concerned with sex than men with lower estrogen and higher testoterone levels, b) tend to be less attractive and geeky than other men and so have less success finding [a] mate[s], let alone reproducing, particularly during the formative years (such as high school and college/uni). These two factors give these "lucky" men the time to focus more on "geeky" activities.
I think the research is probably bogus because of these reasons, thus explaining why estrogen in women doesn't improve the % of women that have talent in these areas.
Now where's that grain of salt?