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Sheikh al-Khaibari has previously claimed astronauts never went to the moon, dismissing Nasa's moon landing footage as a Hollywood fake, Al Arabiya reported.
I was just wondering what had happened to DD! 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Shiekhs and accountants should keep their noses out of science.
And everything else.
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So (for real) an employee came by to ask why the English (and their colonies) still wear white powder wigs in court - and what's up with all the men of distinction wearing them for who knows how long.
The answer . . . and I love it . . . will keep you laughing at this laughable custom of dusty pomposity:
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out of respect for the king who wore a wig because he was losing his hair to the Eastern Gift to Europe.
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so, next time you speak with your barrister - remember to wash well if he shakes your hand.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Hey, Americans eat turkey to celebrate the fact that they had to all but give up their religion and run cap in hand to beg from heathen savages.
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And that's somehow relevant?
In my opinion, "cap in hand" is certainly a better situation then "CLAP in ....".
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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W∴ Balboos wrote: And that's somehow relevant?
Sure.
It's more proof that a lot of traditions are based on bollocks.
W∴ Balboos wrote: In my opinion, "cap in hand" is certainly a better situation then "CLAP in ....".
Yeah, well, they didn't have antibiotics, and they were stuck in stuffy rooms with the dregs of society.
I don't blame them for wanting a bit of disinfectant powder in the air around their heads.
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So I applied for a job working on the Java stack, yea I know, and they came back with a question about how much C++ I've done. Well I used it some 5-10 years ago but not much and never to any great depth. Great, can you fill in this C++ test then...
If I had any hair, I'd pull it out.
veni bibi saltavi
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: I'd pull it out.
Failing to see how lack of hair stops you doing this
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You naughty boy 
if(this.signature != "")
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MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
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MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
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I know this agent. He will fix you up for a very small fee.
Life is too shor
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: If I had any hair,
I don't suppose you wear a powdered wig... 
Contrary to popular belief, nobody owes you anything.
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he has obviously already seen your Java programming and thought "his C++ must be better than that"
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Or is it a case of, "When the Java implodes, can he rewrite it in a real language?"
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If you like, I can re-engineer your Google searches for the answers, for a small fee.
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From an article about Machine Learning*...
[-- Image recognition has gone from spotting when there’s a face in a photograph to coping with everything from text to traffic signals. The ImageNet benchmark tests identifying photos of a thousand objects, like recognizing not only pictures of 150 different dogs but also their breeds. ”You have to distinguish Pembroke Welsh corgis and Cardigan Welsh corgis, one of which has a longer tail,” explains John Platt of MSR. --]
First of all, imagine the people writing these algorithms:
"Let's see, if the tail is long and the dog is approx. this tall, then it must be a Cardigan Welsh corgi."
The Reason for Fear
When the computers decide that the picture you are looking at is a Pembroke because it's tail is shorter, then you don't question it. The computer knows after all. But, what if the corgi's tail was bobbed and it is actually the other type? Well, you just don't question that in the future, because people don't think.
The Phones are the Smart Ones
iPhones are smart and people are dumb (in the future and now).
Now, how about when it is something much more important, like detecting cancer or the face of a criminal.
"Well, we have to put this guy in prison, because the computer told us too."
That's what Gates and Musk fear and they are probably smart.
Gates & Musk know that people don't often think. Instead they just react to their AI. 
Smart Phone Minions
Look at how people have become minions to their Smart Phones.
"My phone says the answer is..."
*http://www.cio.com/article/2886254/enterprise-software/how-machine-learning-ate-microsoft.html[^]
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And the problem is that people want to see 'intelligence' where it doesn't exist. It is NOT original thought, it is a formulaic response. I remember being at odds with a visiting lecturer while in college to this same affect.
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Tim Carmichael wrote: see 'intelligence' where it doesn't exist. It is NOT original thought, it is a formulaic response
A very good point.
I agree. True intelligence is human. Any algorithm which seems to exhibit intelligence is in fact following some prescripted code, whereas we don't know the source code for humans.
Humans are infinitely creative -- and by that I mean often stupid. But, stupidity can be a form of intelligence. A computer programmed to be intelligent is limited to never having the ability to be stupid and thus humans can create art and beauty and stupidity where a computer never can.
I know my comments are going to bring a lot of response. Humans are better than computers and always will be. Except they are so infinitely stupid. 
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I was looking for an excuse to link a short story[^] Howard Taylor (of web comic Schlock Mercenary[^] posted yesterday. You've provided the perfect hook. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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newton.saber wrote: First of all, imagine the people writing these algorithms:
Um, you don't write any algorithms.
You can just use a standard genetic algorithm or backprop routine, and feed it the names and types of dog that exist, and loads of pictures with dogs in them.
Then you hire a couple of students to click "Y" if the routine guesses the right dog, and "N" if it doesn't.
It shouldn't take long before it can pick out any dog in almost any background.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Um, you don't write any algorithms.
You've fallen into my hands!! You are pwnd!
You see, you've proven my point: NO THINKING IS REQUIRED!!! 
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newton.saber wrote: NO THINKING IS REQUIRED!!!
Of course not!
If you need thinking, the last thing you want to do is hire students!
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What do Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Insemination have in common?
While both are significant advances in technology,
neither is as good as the real thing.
A positive attitude may not solve every problem, but it will annoy enough people to be worth the effort.
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That's funny.  Never heard that joke before.
Upvote!
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Here's a very interesting dual-boot product for pads and the like:
http://www.amiduos.com/[^]
This is by the AMI BIOS (American Megatrends) people.
That would be kind of cool to have a device you can dualboot to either OS. only $9.99
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Hunh?
That's like saying "You've got Windows 7, now install Windows 8, instead!"
What?
Oh, you mean...?
Nah!
I don't believe you!
No-one in the world is daft enough to overwrite Win 7 with Win 8!
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