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No comments on WorkI don’t really like to talk about my university studies here, but I think this warrants mentioning, especially since it ties in with Neal Stephenson, who’ll you remember is speaking at Trinity tomorrow. In Cryptonomicon, Stephenson makes the following observation: [Randy is talking about complicated computer stuff to Chester.] Chester nods all the way through…
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China in Space
My dad tells me, “According to Chinese media, China will send an astronaut to the orbit within the next 18 months. Before 2010, China is committed to moon landing. By the end of this century, there will be a ‘Chinese Moon City’.” It’s interesting to hear what the Chinese media are saying – I imagine…
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Trek Geektitude
A discussion about chainsaws in Star Trek, elicited by a recent Enterprise episode: “Historically, the most often raised Star Trek technology issue has involved bathrooms. Burning questions such as: “How many bathrooms? And where are they located? What are the fixtures like? Did Starfleet adopt the hideous American ‘low flow’ design? Or like most patriots,…
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Kurzweilwatch
Interesting to see that Ray Kurzweil (so-called AI pioneer) is still using his same old Ramona demonstration at conferences nearly two years on from when I first saw it. Come on Ray – it wasn’t that good the first time round, and it certainly isn’t now.
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I don’t understand
The three words which I find most difficult to say are, ‘I don’t understand.’ Today, I was doing a bit of programming to do with convolving histograms and the like, and I had to sort out the axes. I asked my supervisor, who tried to explain it to me. “What you have to do is…
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TerraQuest
TerraQuest – an “online interactive game [that is] a blend between a mystery and a scavenger hunt.” Launching this fall, it looks a bit like the AI game although I found the trailer to be considerably cheesy. I don’t know how they’re going to limit the game to people over 18, either. But it has…
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.hack
.hack – a Japanese “simulated MMORPG” game. What a bizarre and wonderful concept!
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Skwerls
During one of our classes today, we talked about the possible causes of Parkinson’s disease. One of the lecturers mentioned that in Kentucky, researchers thought they’d found a possible link between eating squirrel brains and Parkinson’s; 12 out of 42 people they surveyed with Parkinson’s ate squirrel brains, leading them to think that perhaps Parkinson’s…
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More on Buffy
On Buffy: As has been pointed out by others, everything boils down to whether it can be demonstrated that an AI-type Buffy game would be commercially viable. My opinion is that it has not been demonstrated. No games have generated a large enough audience to be commercially viable – not even the AI game (although…
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Buffy Online
[Update: Read Dan’s response to this post along with my comments on his response.] There’s a bit of talk at the moment of how an AI-type game set in the Buffy universe would be a good thing. I think in general, yes, it wouldn’t be bad, but it wouldn’t be without its faults. Also, I…
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