Mapou

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by Mapou 18y ago
I don't think you get it. A block universe in which nothing happens cannot possibly exist since it is clearly falsified. We observe change, do we not? So speaking of loops within a block universe is like arguing about how many angels can da
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by Mapou 18y ago
I am not sure exactly what you explained. First off, relativity, like Newtonian mechanics, is a classical physics theory. I am not aware of any such thing as non-classical relativity. So why even say classical relativity? At the very least,
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Blind Cat Gets Around Using Echo Location(coasttocoastam.com)
2 points by Mapou 18y ago|0 comments
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by Mapou 18y ago
Time cannot change by definition. Nothing can move in spacetime for the same reason. This is why the late Sir Karl Popper (of falsifiability fame) once compared spacetime to Parmenides' block universe and called it "Eintein's block universe
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by Mapou 18y ago
I think the voting problem is a serious one. Apparently, only a minority of readers and posters vote and they seem to have a gang mentality that works like this: "If I don't like you, I'll vote you down regardless of what you write." This s
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by Mapou 18y ago
In my opinion, that's exactly what they are doing. They have adopted a paralllel computing model (multithreading) that is known to be a pain in the ass to program. So far, they have no plans to change the model. They either don't know how o
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by Mapou 18y ago
I disagree that a kick-ass multicore processor is not a product, especially if you can get $500 for every one that comes out of the fab.
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by Mapou 18y ago
Are you kidding me? Once cheap massive parallelism becomes the norm, you're going to see amazing applications for the average person, especially intelligent programs. For examples, intelligent answering systems, voice recognition, handwriti
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by Mapou 18y ago
Which parallel programming startups are you referring to? Sure, the established companies are adapting their exisiting tools to address the new multicore processors but I am not aware of any new parallel programming tools startups that fai
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by Mapou 18y ago
Yeah, but this is a different ball game. The big players have an Achilles' heel. They are clueless as to what the future holds for multicore processors and they don't seem close to a solution. Parallel programming is a pain in the ass. Ther
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by Mapou 18y ago
Not $100k, of course. But I think $5 or $6 million dollars could do it. For that, you'd get a scalable, self-balancing 16 or 32-core processor compatible with existing motherboards and chip sets, visual dev tools using multi-touch screens,
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by Mapou 18y ago
I see what you're saying and I think you're probably right. But if you can design and build a kick-ass multicore processor that blows everyone else out of the water in terms of performance, energy efficiency and ease of programming, it make
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by Mapou 18y ago
Why does almost every startup have to be a social web site or some other web app? The web is surely not the only thing in the hacker universe, is it? The biggest opportunities in computing today are in parallel programming tools and multico
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Parallel Programming, Math, and the Curse of the Algorithm(rebelscience.blogspot.com)
2 points by Mapou 18y ago|0 comments
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by Mapou 18y ago
Bravo. You're the only commenter who had something interesting and intelligent to say about the article. The others are jumping up and down and foaming at the mouth. LOL. In the future, when parallel programming becomes easy and powerful pa
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by Mapou 18y ago
You Turing worshippers are so full of hate. You sound like somebody just blasphemed against your two-bit god. LOL. Too bad for you that the parallel programming crisis is about to bring Turing down from his pedestal. Then you'll shut the he
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Parallel Computing: Why the Future Is Non-Algorithmic(rebelscience.blogspot.com)
15 points by Mapou 18y ago|17 comments
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by Mapou 18y ago
Crank or not, his stuff on parallel programming makes sense.
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Why Parallel Programming Is So Hard(rebelscience.blogspot.com)
7 points by Mapou 18y ago|16 comments
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by Mapou 18y ago
You're kidding me? The computing world is about to witness the most drastic paradigm shift in its history. After all is said and done, the threaded or sequential process programming model will not only be superseded, we will kick ourselves
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by Mapou 18y ago
I am not sure why the drug dealers think that these delivery crafts have to have human pilots on board. With the kind of money that these guys have, it would be relatively easy to implement a self-piloting craft that can go anywhere.
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by Mapou 18y ago
Why put up this strawman? There is nothing in the article about either the limits of computation or a mathematical proof. Pretty much all it says is that the Turing sequential (or algorithmic) conmputing model is inadequate and I agree. We
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Half a Century of Crappy Computing(rebelscience.blogspot.com)
2 points by Mapou 18y ago|0 comments