No problem. It's a real problem for fuzzy logic. People have a misconception that its less accurate and random. As a result it has never (imho) gained the popularity that it deserves.

Please don't call this fuzzy logic. Fuzzy logic is a generalization of traditional logic (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzy_logic) It is deterministic and NOT inherently random. Sure, you can add randomness to it, but adding randomness does NOT make something fuzzy logic.

The best reason I have seen so far as to why Apple/Google favor H.264 is because their current products have H.264 hardware encoders in them. Switching to ogg/theora would hit battery life hard in these devices since it would have to be done in software. While I agree that its a selfish reason, its a reason better then "cause we want it". I would really like to see Theora succeed though, an open standard for web would be a beautiful thing

I read bag of chips, saw the B.O.C. and instantly thought she got a nokia phone in her bag of crap from woot....

In my graduate level Neural Networks class (taught by a professor with MANY papers on the subject) we use "Neural Networks: A Comprehensive Foundation" The author is Simon Haykin. More of an engineering approach to Neural Networks, but it is a good text none the less. I can also be bought as a digital edition to save you some money