jeudi, mai 25, 2006

Mechanical Turk

I learned a new phrase today: Mechanical Turk (check out all this turkish stuff, yo!).  It was a famous 18th century automaton that was supposed to be able to play chess.  It turned out to be a hoax with a chess master sitting inside the machine.  Amazon's Mechanical Turk, also known as artificial artificial intelligence, is a beta service that allows computers to use humans intelligence to complete tasks that computers have a hard time completing.  Well, isn't that super?

more links:
Here is an amazingly cool photo that is made of other photos....so you can zoom in ad nauseum....which I have....for the past twenty minutes....
Funny little post about cliche business photographs
Hey!  Wanna know useless facts about your birthday?  Well look at this.
What is up with Edward Munch's paintings....they just keep getting stolen.
Washington post article on the smuttiness of the internet .  Guess who's horny?
Really cool idea: nike and apple team up to make something that will tell my ipod how lazy i am
How to make a rain hood for your camera (this one's for me, for this weekend...I'm goin to the "big sassy".....okay, I just made that stupid name up, I meant to say "Seattle")
Very funny nerd humor: comparing girlfriend 6.0 vs wife 1.0
Also very funny article from Wired about Rental car technology

3 commentaires:

Anonyme a dit…

Ok, dude. I've been meaning to tell you this for a while now. Might as well be now. Please stop talking or writing about how you're horny. Not because I'm uncomfortable with your sexuality, but because, as a relatively normal male (emphasis on relatively), you are by definition horny at most times. Given this fact, your announcement of your horniness comes off as somewhat feminine. (I apologize profusely if these announcements are actually a secret code to "others in the readership" that you wanna have phone sex or fly out for a "visit").

puma a dit…

funny. I wonder how you would know what "normal" males are like, my eunuch friend? And is that true that the announcement of my arousal is feminine? Really? How would you know? Has any female ever told you she was horny? I mean, besides your mother(i totally just used a "yo momma" joke, sweet). But no, I should heed your advice, you obviously do have the "fairer sex" wrapped around your finger.

And by the phrase "Not because I'm uncomfortable with your sexuality..[blah,blah,blah]"....does that mean that you ARE uncomfortable with it, but it's just not the reason you want me to desist? That's your own hang-up, champ, you need to figure that one out on your own. And just to clarify, you may be confusing "horny" and "idiocy"....as in, "as a normal male, you are by definition an IDIOT at most times". I'm not sure it's true for me, since I'm feminine; but it seems to fit you just like a snuggly widdle glove.

Oh yeah, by the way, it IS a "secret code"...to YOU, sexy, I can't wait until you come home....

so many barbs, so post call. sorry.

Anonyme a dit…

Jesus Christ, dude.

I was just trying to give your gay ass a little advice, but I geuss you don't think you need it, bitch. Go ahead and go around proclaiming "I'm horny," "I'm in heat," "Fuck me up the ass." Doesn't matter to me, jackass. Actually, you're right. The proclamation "I'm horny" isn't actually feminine. I geuss its only when you say it that it seems so. Huh. Thats wierd. I wonder why.

Secondly, your mama, sister, and dad have all told me they're horny at some time in the past year. It was always after an unfulfilling night with your sorry ass (haha, I just made a your mama, your sista, your papa joke).

Thank you for sarcastically pointing out my bad luck with the ladies. I appreciate that (I'm literally crying as I write this). It's obvious that you have it all figured out, my friend. [I have self-censored the really nasty thing I was gonna write in this space.]

And finally. Did you actually type the word widdle!