Comment Cyberpunky (Score 1) 298
Everything before Spook Country.
Comment Re:Kill the H1b visa people (Score 1) 338
Great so now the computer will write the program the customer doesn't want because he didn't really know what he wanted when he wrote the requirements. How will this AI piece cope with software maintenance & bug fixes?
What do you think pushed Skynet to start the war and obliterate all mankind?
Comment Re:That the only way to (Score 1) 615
Intel 1414i was the best modem ever. It cost around $150 and then Intel killed it because it was cannibalizing their expensive $500+ modem sales.
Comment modem things (Score 1) 615
ATH0 hangs up.
Comment iMatrix (Score 1) 421
"Do not try to bend the phone — that's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth: there is no phone."
Comment deja vu (Score 1) 249
Epic. Shit.
Sounds like Vista all over again.
Comment fix & buy (Score 1) 242
Fix del.icio.us
buy reddit. don't ruin it.
and off you go.
Comment Re:Reflexive /. Gates bashing in 3...2... (Score 1) 471
Well, if the Other guy did it it would probably have a big blue Like button...
Flying Car Ready To Take Off 315
ChazeFroy writes "The first flying automobile, equally at home in the sky or on the road, is scheduled to take to the air next month. If it survives its first test flight, the Terrafugia Transition, which can transform itself from a two-seater road car to a plane in 15 seconds, is expected to land in showrooms in about 18 months' time. Terrafugia claims it will be able to fly up to 500 miles on a single tank of unleaded petrol at a cruising speed of 115mph. Even at $200,000 per automobile, they have already received 40 orders."
World's First 21Mbps EHSPA/HSPA+ Data "Call" 95
gadgetopia writes "Although data 'calls' on 21Mbps networks and equipment have been made in the labs and in demonstrations, Australia is the first place in the world where such a call has been made on a commercial, deployed 21Mbps eHSPA network, with a full commercial launch due early 2009."
Machines Almost Pass Mass Turing Test 580
dewilso4 writes "Of the five computer finalists at this year's Loebner prize Turing Test, at least three managed to fool humans into thinking they were human conversationalists. Ready to speak about subjects ranging from Eminem to Slaughterhouse Five and everything in between, these machines are showing they we're merely a clock cycle away from true AI. '... I was fooled. I mistook Eugene for a real human being. In fact, and perhaps this is worse, he was so convincing that I assumed that the human being with whom I was simultaneously conversing was a computer.' Another of the entrants, Jabberwacky, can apparently even woo the ladies: 'Some of its conversational partners confide in it every day; one conversation, with a teenaged girl, lasted 11 hours.'
The winning submission this year, Elbot, fooled 25% of judges into thinking he was human. The threshold for the $100K prize is 30%. Maybe next year ..."
Comment Re:Only two sticking points for me (Score 1) 569
If an itunes-like publisher were to open up, and offer low priced books direct from the author (like on the itunes app store model maybe) this would revolutionize (read KILL) the dead tree publishing industry. It would also open the door to lots of CRAP. But a ratings system would emerge I am sure. If wishes were fishes...
Your wishes came true, but currently without the impact that a big (iTunes like) name carries. Still, it's there: http://www.lulu.com/
One should also keep in mind that there are more people (besides the author, who is a central figure, for sure) involved in publishing a quality book.
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