Submission + - AT&T Silences Criticism in New Terms of Servic (bellsouth.net) 1
marco13185 writes: AT&T's new Terms of Service give AT&T the right to suspend your account and all service "for conduct that AT&T believes"..."(c) tends to damage the name or reputation of AT&T, or its parents, affiliates and subsidiaries." After cooperating with the government's violations of privacy and liberties, I guess AT&T wants their fair share. AT&T users may want to think twice about commenting if they value their internet service.
Feed Science Daily: Impact Of Arctic Heat Wave Stuns Climate Change Researchers (sciencedaily.com)
Unprecedented warm temperatures in the High Arctic this past summer were so extreme that researchers with a climate change project have begun revising their forecasts. From their camp on Melville Island last July, where they recorded air temperatures over 20C (in an area with July temperatures that average 5C), the team watched in amazement as water from melting permafrost a meter below ground lubricated the topsoil, causing it to slide down slopes, clearing everything in its path and thrusting up ridges at the valley bottom “that piled up like a rug,” according to one of the scientists.
Submission + - How Burma cyber-dissidents crack censorship
s-orbital writes: "According to a BBC News article, "Images of saffron-robed monks leading throngs of people along the streets of Rangoon have been seeping out of a country famed for its totalitarian regime and repressive control of information. The pictures, sometimes grainy and the video footage shaky, are captured at great personal risk on mobile phones — but each represents a powerful statement of political dissent."
This article continues to tell the stories of how Burma's bloggers use proxy servers, free hosting services, and other technologies to overcome Burma's "pervasive" filtering of internet access and media exchange between the outside and inside worlds. Also, bloggers report numerous attempt of the Burmese government using the same channels to attempt to disseminate false information."
This article continues to tell the stories of how Burma's bloggers use proxy servers, free hosting services, and other technologies to overcome Burma's "pervasive" filtering of internet access and media exchange between the outside and inside worlds. Also, bloggers report numerous attempt of the Burmese government using the same channels to attempt to disseminate false information."
Comment Re:Hang on a Minute... (Score 1) 279
There exist equilibrium mixed strategies (which we call "optimal") for the whole game.
True optimal strategies have not to my knowledge been found for any of the most popularly played poker games. Several people have made stabs at approximating them, esp the Alberta people involved in this publicity stunt, and also the CMU people (google "tuomas sandholm poker" for the Sandholm/Gilpin papers, notably their Rhode Island holdem solution).
We can easily solve a single street (one "street" is a betting round) at this point; many techniques are available to do this. However, solving multiple streets is much more complex, because the action on previous streets significantly affects the hand distributions for a particular situation. So unlike, for example, backgammon or chess, where you can specify a situation and solve from there, and the game listing to that point is irrelevant, in poker the action on previous streets is part of the specification of the current situation.
All of this, of course, has nothing to do with trying to "read" your opponent or any kind of psychology, but only with finding an equilibrium strategy that cannot be exploited. I have strong reason to believe that such a strategy would be oustandingly strong against all human opposition, such that it would be quite unlikely that the very best human player would have even a 20% chance of being ahead of the bot after 10,000 hands.
Feed Mitochondria Has A Role In Cellular Copper Regulation (sciencedaily.com)
Copper is an essential part of our lives. Researchers are studying how copper is processed in our bodies and its distinct role in early development. The findings, published in the journal Cell Metabolism, identify a new role for two proteins involved with copper regulation. This study may lead to a better understanding of how to treat individuals affected by copper imbalances.
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