General Discussion 5

Stormy · Jun 02, 2011 9:47 PM

Are you talking about this? I heard about that, but didn't know it was developed by IBM until just now.

One of my professors worked for IBM. She never talks about what she did there, though.

RedDragonX · Jun 02, 2011 10:17 PM

Neotyguy40 wrote:

Stormy wrote:
RedDragonX wrote:
I can provide free soda to your cause?
Of course. XD Although I don't like soda, I'm sure everyone else would appreciate it.
Yeah, I hear jobs in the video game industry are really hard to come by. It would be nice, but I'm not hopeful that it will happen. My major is computer science, so I'm going to be doing some kind of programming, though. I'd kinda like to do something with internet security if only because I freaking hate viruses and the idiots who write them. Other than that... I've got nothing. What'll probably end up happening is I'll have really limited options when I graduate and I'll just have take whatever is available.
Nowai! I'm going into computer science too!
I also like to make games, but I like AI development a lot funner and more practical as a job. I plan on doing that as a hobby though.

I live right up the road from you so you can get free soda anyways tongue

The only thing useful I can do is wire your computer lab for you big_smile I did manage to get pretty good at that.

Stormy · Jun 02, 2011 10:20 PM

You two live near each other? Have you ever met in real life?

I've still never met anyone from the internet, but there are a few people I would like to meet someday....

Neotyguy40 · Jun 02, 2011 10:26 PM

Stormy wrote:

Are you talking about this? I heard about that, but didn't know it was developed by IBM until just now.
One of my professors worked for IBM. She never talks about what she did there, though.

[i]More or less, that is exactly what I like to do.

JazzJackrabbit · Jun 02, 2011 10:34 PM

Neotyguy40 wrote:

Stormy wrote:
Are you talking about this? I heard about that, but didn't know it was developed by IBM until just now.
One of my professors worked for IBM. She never talks about what she did there, though.
[i]More or less, that is exactly what I like to do.

Your statement is contradictory. You say it is exact, but you also say it isn't.

RangerOfIthilien · Jun 02, 2011 10:50 PM

Neotyguy40 wrote:

Nowai! I'm going into computer science too!
I also like to make games, but I like AI development a lot funner and more practical as a job. I plan on doing that as a hobby though.

I also am a CS major (Stormy and I first met in our freshman CS course). Your goals sound exactly like mine. While I'd like to have something to do with video game development, I would also like something with AI.

JazzJackrabbit · Jun 02, 2011 11:07 PM

Always remember to put a disable function and an override function. I don't want your AI to hack computers over the internet. If the Computer Uprising happens, we know who gets the blame.

RangerOfIthilien · Jun 02, 2011 11:12 PM

The funny thing is, I always joke about computers taking over the world to my friends too tongue If I do get into AI, I will learn how they work, so that I am able to fight back!

RedDragonX · Jun 03, 2011 12:56 AM

Stormy wrote:

You two live near each other? Have you ever met in real life?
I've still never met anyone from the internet, but there are a few people I would like to meet someday....

Just the same state. I suppose that's close compared to most. Rurik is close by as well, and I really should take a drive one day and annoy him simply because I'm bored.

Neotyguy40 · Jun 03, 2011 1:18 AM

JazzJackrabbit wrote:

Neotyguy40 wrote:
Stormy wrote:
Are you talking about this? I heard about that, but didn't know it was developed by IBM until just now.
One of my professors worked for IBM. She never talks about what she did there, though.
More or less, that is exactly what I like to do.
Your statement is contradictory. You say it is exact, but you also say it isn't.

It is exactly what I want to do, with more or less of a tolerance. So I would be exactly in that area, but in more parts of it.

KingLambdaThePolish wrote:

The funny thing is, I always joke about computers taking over the world to my friends too If I do get into AI, I will learn how they work, so that I am able to fight back!

This statement is false.

Swaffy · Jun 03, 2011 1:26 AM

I mowed my back lawn in 93*F temperature today. It was nice.

Oh, and I switched out my normal room lights with blue lights. It's just what
I like, but they're 25 watt; 25 watt bulbs don't give off enough light. It would
be a lot nicer if they were 40s.

JazzJackrabbit · Jun 03, 2011 1:34 AM

Do you see everything else with a reddish tint now?

Swaffy · Jun 03, 2011 1:52 AM

I don't think so ... why? I doubt I got a sunburn on my eye.

Neotyguy40 · Jun 03, 2011 2:05 AM

Swaffy wrote:

I don't think so ... why? I doubt I got a sunburn on my eye.

Red - Cyan
Green - Magenta
Blue - Yellow

Your eyes start to adjust to absorb more color that you don't get a lot of. So if you are surrounded by a lot of blue then you will start absorbing more yellow light.

Most people don't even notice, but even if it 'seems' normal to you, it is very rare for someone to be 'even' all across the color circle. It's also funny, because people tend to actually pick their favorite color after the color their eyes adjust to absorb more of.

For example, I realized a few years ago I don't see as much green as most other people do because I spend so much time around green forests. I never noticed it myself, but because of this I see hues of blue, purple, and red very clearly compared to someone who grew up in, for example, an urban city.

Stormy · Jun 03, 2011 2:16 AM

Neotyguy40 wrote:

KingLambdaThePolish wrote:
The funny thing is, I always joke about computers taking over the world to my friends too If I do get into AI, I will learn how they work, so that I am able to fight back!

This statement is false.

I have to ask.... How is any part of that false? o.O

JazzJackrabbit · Jun 03, 2011 2:23 AM

This statement is false. You do not feel the need to question it.

RangerOfIthilien · Jun 03, 2011 2:30 AM

Okay then, if she's been Jedi Mind Tricked, I'll ask.

Why is that statement false?

Stormy · Jun 03, 2011 3:02 AM

Because Neotyguy40 says so. Everything he says is true.

(How am I doing at being Jedi Mind Tricked?)

Neotyguy40 · Jun 03, 2011 3:03 AM

If you ask why "This statement is false", then you are definitely not going to survive the robot apocalypse.

Stormy wrote:

Because Neotyguy40 says so. Everything he says is true.
(How am I doing at being Jedi Mind Tricked?)

Actually, everything I say is false, including this statement.

Swaffy · Jun 03, 2011 3:55 AM

If your statement says it is false even though you say it is a false
statement ... that means ... you are false. Hah. Do I win yet?

Also, regarding your post about eyes absorbing colors/person liking a color
they see often. I see white all of the time, but it is one of my least liked colors.

Neotyguy40 · Jun 03, 2011 8:18 PM

Swaffy wrote:

If your statement says it is false even though you say it is a false
statement ... that means ... you are false. Hah. Do I win yet?
Also, regarding your post about eyes absorbing colors/person liking a color
they see often. I see white all of the time, but it is one of my least liked colors.

I'm sorry, I don't understand.

You can't tell what color your eyes adjust to without testing it out. And white isn't really a color. It is the presence of all negative colors and lack of positive.

EDIT: You know, I think we should have a second General Discussion thread. We already have a few conversations going on at once, and two threads would make it feel a whole lot more active.

Stormy · Jun 03, 2011 8:36 PM

The good thing about forums is there can be more than one conversation going on at once at any time, especially in an open ended thread like this one, so there really isn't a need for two General Discussion threads. If an interesting topic that you'd like to discuss further arises from this thread, you can always make a new thread about that specific subject. Actually, that would be great; new threads are good for forum activity. smile

RedDragonX · Jun 03, 2011 11:05 PM

Yeah. See? I can start a new one right now:

Stormy eats house cats.

JazzJackrabbit · Jun 03, 2011 11:13 PM

Stormy! How dare you eat cats!

36IStillLikeSpyro36 · Jun 03, 2011 11:39 PM

white's not a color? that's like saying purple's not a color because it's the presence of two other ones.

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