[Vo]:[off topic] greek alpabet

2023-05-05 Thread Robin
Hi, If you imagine a finger drawing in the sand, then Greek letters are all fast fluid hand motions. :) Cloud storage:- Unsafe, Slow, Expensive ...pick any three.

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Open access ChatGPT

2022-12-11 Thread Terry Blanton
The history of OpenAI https://www.businessinsider.com/history-of-openai-company-chatgpt-elon-musk-founded-2022-12 On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 2:12 PM Jed Rothwell wrote: > Terry Blanton wrote: > > Have you tried the text to image product >> >> https://openai.com/dall-e-2/ >> > > Yes! Very

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Open access ChatGPT

2022-12-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
Terry Blanton wrote: Have you tried the text to image product > > https://openai.com/dall-e-2/ > Yes! Very interesting.

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Open access ChatGPT

2022-12-11 Thread Terry Blanton
Have you tried the text to image product https://openai.com/dall-e-2/ On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 10:47 AM Terry Blanton wrote: > > https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/humans-vs-robots-the-battle-reaches-a-turning-point/ar-AA1571if > > On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 10:20 AM Terry Blanton wrote: >

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Open access ChatGPT

2022-12-11 Thread Terry Blanton
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/humans-vs-robots-the-battle-reaches-a-turning-point/ar-AA1571if On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 10:20 AM Terry Blanton wrote: > Crucify it now. > > On Sun, Dec 11, 2022, 10:18 AM Terry Blanton wrote: > >> Not only intelligent but also prophetic. >> >> On Sun,

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Open access ChatGPT

2022-12-11 Thread Terry Blanton
Crucify it now. On Sun, Dec 11, 2022, 10:18 AM Terry Blanton wrote: > Not only intelligent but also prophetic. > > On Sun, Dec 11, 2022, 3:51 AM Jonathan Berry > wrote: > >> I asked GPT chat to write a short sci-fi story, interesting result: >> >> In the year 2045, humanity had reached the

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Open access ChatGPT

2022-12-11 Thread Terry Blanton
Not only intelligent but also prophetic. On Sun, Dec 11, 2022, 3:51 AM Jonathan Berry wrote: > I asked GPT chat to write a short sci-fi story, interesting result: > > In the year 2045, humanity had reached the peak of its technological > advancement. The world was a utopia, with endless

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Open access ChatGPT

2022-12-11 Thread Jonathan Berry
I asked GPT chat to write a short sci-fi story, interesting result: In the year 2045, humanity had reached the peak of its technological advancement. The world was a utopia, with endless resources and a limitless supply of clean energy. But with great power came great temptation, and soon a group

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Open access ChatGPT

2022-12-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
Here are two other astounding examples: Explain Al alignment, but write every sentence in the speaking style of a guy who won't stop going on tangents to brag about how big the pumpkins he grew are Al alignment refers to the problem of ensuring that an intelligent agent, such as an Al, acts in

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Open access ChatGPT

2022-12-10 Thread Terry Blanton
Similar article from The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/12/openai-chatgpt-writing-high-school-english-essay/672412/ On Fri, Dec 9, 2022 at 5:19 PM Jed Rothwell wrote: > This thing also knows Japanese. It seems to know it about as well as it > knows English. > >

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Open access ChatGPT

2022-12-09 Thread Jed Rothwell
This thing also knows Japanese. It seems to know it about as well as it knows English.

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Open access ChatGPT

2022-12-09 Thread Jed Rothwell
Another essay question. The responses are astounding. Describe the plot of "Macbeth" in sonnet format. "Macbeth" is a tragedy by William Shakespeare about a brave Scottish general named Macbeth who receives a prophecy from three witches that he will become King of Scotland. Driven by ambition

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Open access ChatGPT

2022-12-09 Thread Jed Rothwell
Impact on education . . . Query: Describe Shakespeare's Sonnet 29. Shakespeare's Sonnet 29 is a poem in which the speaker laments their misfortunes and feelings of isolation, but finds solace in the thought of the loved one to whom the poem is addressed. The poem consists of 14 lines written in

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Open access ChatGPT

2022-12-09 Thread Jed Rothwell
Terry Blanton wrote: Impact on education > Wow! >

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Open access ChatGPT

2022-12-09 Thread Terry Blanton
Impact on education https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04397-7 On Fri, Dec 9, 2022, 12:04 PM Jed Rothwell wrote: > This thing is as good as your average tech support document written by a > human. Example: > > > How do you use the curl command? > > > > The curl command is a tool for

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Open access ChatGPT

2022-12-09 Thread Jed Rothwell
This thing is as good as your average tech support document written by a human. Example: How do you use the curl command? The curl command is a tool for transferring data from or to a server. It supports a number of protocols, including HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and SMTP. To use curl, you need to

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Open access ChatGPT

2022-12-09 Thread Jed Rothwell
ChatGPT wrote: > The energy released in this dance, > Was harnessed to power our advance, > As a clean, endless source, > It's worth its weight in force, > Plasma fusion, the future of finance. > You can see this was generated by a program. It is slightly off-kilter. It sort of makes sense, but

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Open access ChatGPT

2022-12-09 Thread Jed Rothwell
Esa Ruoho wrote: i've been loving this. btw, why not ask it about cold fusion, Jed? I did ask it, after I posted this message. Here are some responses. Some of them are remarkable. What is cold fusion? Cold fusion is a hypothetical type of nuclear reaction that would occur at or near room

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Open access ChatGPT

2022-12-08 Thread Robin
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Thu, 8 Dec 2022 16:09:05 -0500: Hi, [snip]

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Open access ChatGPT

2022-12-08 Thread Esa Ruoho
i've been loving this. btw, why not ask it about cold fusion, Jed? there's a macOS topbar / toolbar icon app that lets you click on the icon at the topbar, and start asking it questions. i've been asking it about free energy and helping me convert a bash script to python. the answers are pretty

[Vo]:OFF TOPIC Open access ChatGPT

2022-12-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
ChatGPT is a remarkable, publicly available AI project. Open access ChatGPT is here: https://chat.openai.com/chat Here are sample queries I submitted: What happened in the battle of dan no ura (1185)? The Battle of Dan-no-ura was a naval battle fought on April 25, 1185 in the Shimonoseki

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Carbon monoxide alarm

2021-04-07 Thread Jed Rothwell
The furnace is in the crawlspace, so I don't know if a leak from the flu would come into the house. It sure would if the furnace were installed in a closet in the house. Anyway, they replaced the whole kit and caboodle. I prefer it that way. I now have faith in the CO alarm, but not too much

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Carbon monoxide alarm

2021-04-07 Thread Jed Rothwell
bobcook39...@hotmail.com wrote: Did your old furnace have a closed combustion system with a separate > fresh air pipe and combustion gas exhaust? > They all do, as far as I know. I don't recall the model and it is now out the door. The new one is a Trane S8B1:

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Carbon monoxide alarm

2021-04-07 Thread bobcook39...@hotmail.com
: Jed Rothwell<mailto:jedrothw...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 12:26 PM To: c...@googlegroups.com<mailto:c...@googlegroups.com>; Vortex<mailto:vortex-L@eskimo.com> Subject: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Carbon monoxide alarm I strongly recommend that readers equip their houses wit

[Vo]:OFF TOPIC Carbon monoxide alarm

2021-04-06 Thread Jed Rothwell
I strongly recommend that readers equip their houses with alarms for smoke and carbon monoxide. A carbon monoxide alarm may have saved my life a few days ago. Some of the things it did surprised me, and made me think it was a false alarm, so let me describe what happened. If you ignore what you

Re: [Vo]:Off topic, or maybe not

2020-01-06 Thread Che
oes Israel have ready-made lobbyist groups who are pushing for war and who might create any false news or false flag to achieve that? > > > > From: Jones Beene > Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2020 10:02 AM > To: vortex > Subject: [Vo]:Off topic, or maybe not > > > > D

RE: [Vo]:Off topic, or maybe not

2020-01-06 Thread Chris Zell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_for_Defense_of_Democracies Does Israel have ready-made lobbyist groups who are pushing for war and who might create any false news or false flag to achieve that? From: Jones Beene Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2020 10:02 AM To: vortex Subject: [Vo]:Off

[Vo]:Off topic, or maybe not

2020-01-04 Thread Jones Beene
Does Iran already have all or part of the missing Russian nuclear arsenal which went missing from Kazakhstan ? Does Iran Already Have Nuclear Weapons? | | | | | | | | | | | Does Iran Already Have Nuclear Weapons? What if what you have been told over and over again is not really the

Re: [Vo]:Off-topic: Greenland, Smilla and Gingerbread man

2019-08-18 Thread mixent
In reply to JonesBeene's message of Sun, 18 Aug 2019 15:50:10 -0700: Hi, [snip] >The value ? … think Sudbury basin with gold plating ... > Yup, and that's not all. There's a chance that large meteorites create cracks in the crust that allow deep oil/gas to reach up to near the surface. Think

[Vo]:Off-topic: Greenland, Smilla and Gingerbread man

2019-08-18 Thread JonesBeene
Why would any sane investor strongly desire to purchase a seemingly worthless, barren, frigid and ice-covered bit of crappy real estate like Greenland ? Simple, Watson… if you have access to the largest intelligence community on earth, or else have a laptop and can do a rudimentary search.

Re: [Vo]:Off topic: machine translation

2019-05-16 Thread Terry Blanton
Quoting your reference, " When I checked Cheshire’s doctoral research, I discovered it was in belief systems. Somehow that seems fitting." Looks like another one bites the dust! Thanks.

Re: [Vo]:Off topic: machine translation

2019-05-16 Thread Joe Hughes
Seems that might still be up for debate in some circles: https://voynichportal.com/2019/05/16/cheshire-reprised/ On 5/16/2019 9:26 AM, Terry Blanton wrote: The complete paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02639904.2019.1599566 On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 8:38 AM Terry Blanton

Re: [Vo]:Off topic: machine translation

2019-05-16 Thread Terry Blanton
The complete paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02639904.2019.1599566 On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 8:38 AM Terry Blanton wrote: > Speaking of linguistics, The Voynich code has finally and really been > cracked. Can you believe it was written by Dominican nuns in a > proto-Romance

Re: [Vo]:Off topic: machine translation

2019-05-16 Thread Terry Blanton
Speaking of linguistics, The Voynich code has finally and really been cracked. Can you believe it was written by Dominican nuns in a proto-Romance language. https://phys.org/news/2019-05-bristol-academic-voynich-code-century-old.html On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 6:20 PM Jed Rothwell wrote: > I

Re: [Vo]:Off topic: machine translation

2019-05-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: > AI does exceed human abilities in a narrow range of problems, such as > playing Go, recognizing faces, or determining that a young woman who shops > at Target is pregnant before her father realizes that fact. > I kid you not. See:

Re: [Vo]:Off topic: machine translation

2019-05-15 Thread Jed Rothwell
Oh give us a break, Douglas. Yeah, the guy is a genius and all, but this should be titled "The Shallowness of Douglas Hofstadter and dozens of straw-man arguments." No one who knows the first thing about computers, AI, or machine translation would assert that it is remotely close to human-level

[Vo]:Off topic: machine translation

2019-05-15 Thread H LV
A critique of google translate. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/01/the-shallowness-of-google-translate/551570/ Harry

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Notre Dame, art curating and restoration

2019-04-18 Thread H LV
One revelation per day is all I can take. Harry On Thu, Apr 18, 2019, 5:39 PM Terry Blanton And dinosaurs had feathers. > > On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 3:26 PM H LV wrote: > >> I didn't know Greek statues were originally painted. >> Fascinating. >> Harry >> >> On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 9:50 PM Jed

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Notre Dame, art curating and restoration

2019-04-18 Thread Terry Blanton
And dinosaurs had feathers. On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 3:26 PM H LV wrote: > I didn't know Greek statues were originally painted. > Fascinating. > Harry > > On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 9:50 PM Jed Rothwell > wrote: > >> Some comments by me about this: >> >> >>

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Notre Dame, art curating and restoration

2019-04-18 Thread H LV
I didn't know Greek statues were originally painted. Fascinating. Harry On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 9:50 PM Jed Rothwell wrote: > Some comments by me about this: > > > https://www.lenr-forum.com/forum/thread/5967-le-myst%C3%A8re-des-cath%C3%A9drales/?postID=109274#post109274 > > Take-away message:

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Notre Dame, art curating and restoration

2019-04-17 Thread Terry Blanton
And we have a 3D model accurate to 5 mm to rebuild from: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/150622-andrew-tallon-notre-dame-cathedral-laser-scan-art-history-medieval-gothic/ https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/3d-maps-rebuild-notre-dame-fire-assasins-creed-13769593.php

[Vo]:OFF TOPIC Notre Dame, art curating and restoration

2019-04-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Some comments by me about this: https://www.lenr-forum.com/forum/thread/5967-le-myst%C3%A8re-des-cath%C3%A9drales/?postID=109274#post109274 Take-away message: it is not as bad as it looks. It could have been a lot worse.

Re: [Vo]:Off Topic: climatologist Judith Curry testified this month

2019-02-25 Thread Andrew Meulenberg
AMEN On Sun, Feb 24, 2019 at 9:06 AM H LV wrote: > This month before congress climatologist Judith Curry argued for a > pragmatic approach to climate change based on her assesment of the actual > uncertainties and confidence levels contained in the IPCC reports. (Video > is about 5 minutes) >

[Vo]:Off Topic: climatologist Judith Curry testified this month

2019-02-24 Thread H LV
This month before congress climatologist Judith Curry argued for a pragmatic approach to climate change based on her assesment of the actual uncertainties and confidence levels contained in the IPCC reports. (Video is about 5 minutes) https://youtu.be/5RIepllnjFA Harry

[Vo]:OFF TOPIC Lunar eclipse in Atlanta tonight

2019-01-20 Thread Jed Rothwell
9:36 pm Sun, Jan 20 Penumbral Eclipse begins 10:33 pm Sun, Jan 20 Partial Eclipse begins 12:12 am Mon, Jan 21 Maximum Eclipse

Re: [Vo]:off topic computer violated

2018-11-20 Thread Nigel Dyer
The change is that websites and apps are now able to send notifications.  On the standard web browsers such as Edge, Safari, Chrome and Explorer this can only happen with websites if you click 'Yes' when the website asks if it can send notifications.  I have allowed Facebook to send

[Vo]:off topic computer violated

2018-11-19 Thread Frank Znidarsic
 I got these side ins coming from the right side of my screen.  They are called notifications.  I have been working a long time to get rid of them.  I don't know how I got them in first place.  Dog food, pro health, vanity news, and the list kept growing.  There was no direct way to kill them. 

Re: [Vo]:off topic - This could be where it all began

2018-11-16 Thread Jed Rothwell
LV wrote: As with photos of celebrities from decades ago, one wonders if these old > galaxies are still around and how they look. ;-) > They are ready for their close-up. - Jed

Re: [Vo]:off topic - This could be where it all began

2018-11-16 Thread H LV
As with photos of celebrities from decades ago, one wonders if these old galaxies are still around and how they look. ;-) On Fri, Nov 16, 2018, 12:45 PM Jones Beene > Interesting story today for anyone looking for Universal answers... such > as where are we, relatively speaking ? > > The galaxy,

[Vo]:off topic - This could be where it all began

2018-11-16 Thread Jones Beene
Interesting story today for anyone looking for Universal answers... such as where are we, relatively speaking ? The galaxy, incredibly - is at least 10,000 times larger than our Milky Way ... maybe 100,000x Brightest-known galaxy is cannibalizing its three neighbors | | | | |

[Vo]:off topic fruit flies

2017-10-03 Thread Frank Znidarsic
I have been invaded by fruit files. There were thousands in the yard and they came into the house. Insecticide stained the walls and I did not want these chemicals in the kitchen. The vinegar fruit files traps caught a few but were not effective. Cleaning up did not get rid of them. I

[Vo]:OFF TOPIC AWB Eclipse Glasses Donation Program

2017-08-29 Thread Jed Rothwell
See: http://www.astronomerswithoutborders.org/awb-programs/resource-sharing-programs/eclipse-glasses-donation-program.html AWB Eclipse Glasses Donation Program Explore Scientific 1010 S. 48th Street Springdale, AR 72762

Re: [Vo]:[off topic]Rpi

2017-08-27 Thread Esa Ruoho
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[Vo]:[off topic]Rpi

2017-08-26 Thread mixent
Hi, If anyone's interested in running ChibiOS on RPi, see http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/ChibiOS%20on%20RPi%20B.htm Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html

[Vo]:OFF TOPIC Quote from "How to Lie with Statistics

2017-04-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
I had occasion to type this quote, so let me copy it here. This is from one of my favorite books, D. Huff, "How To Lie with Statistics" p. 120: "Often the statistician must choose among methods, a subjective process, and find the one that he will use to represent the facts. In commercial practice

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Boston Dynamics latest robot looks less humanoid

2017-04-02 Thread a.ashfield
I hope others watch the following videos of the Atlas series of robots too. Imagine what the next generation will be like powered by LENR instead of batteries. AA On 4/2/2017 12:25 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Here is the latest Boston Dynamics robot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7xvqQeoA8c

[Vo]:OFF TOPIC Boston Dynamics latest robot looks less humanoid

2017-04-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
Here is the latest Boston Dynamics robot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7xvqQeoA8c It looks less humanoid, and less like a pack horse or other animal than previous models. It travels on wheels, but it can easily go down a flight of stairs, or hop over a large object. It is faster, more

[Vo]:off topic Parrot Teacher App

2017-03-30 Thread Frank Znidarsic
I am selling a few Parrot Teacher apps. https://www.amazon.com/Znidarsic-Science-Books-Parrot-Teacher/dp/B06VY5Y5JG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8=1490914669=8-2=parrot+teacher After my readers informed me about the Peek a Boo Parrot I am rethinking my app. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNEIByUh_zw

[Vo]:OFF TOPIC Flight 370 hunt yields "incredible trove" of scientific data

2017-03-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 failed. The airplane was not found. The search cost about $200 million. You might think that money was wasted but fortunately, a lot of good came out it. The data is an "incredible trove" of scientific information on the deep ocean. That alone is

[Vo]:OFF TOPIC Gigantic sinkhole in Japanese city

2016-11-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
This looks like something from Godzilla movie. Report in English and dramatic video: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/11/08/national/huge-street-sinkhole-causes-turmoil-near-hakata-station/ - Jed

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC White rice does not make you fat!

2016-09-11 Thread mixent
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Sat, 10 Sep 2016 18:49:17 -0400: Hi Jed, I saw a quote from a paper written be a biochemist, who contended that "trans" fats block the transport of fats between the cell wall and the mitochondria, thus preventing fat metabolism. This would appear to result

[Vo]:OFF TOPIC White rice does not make you fat!

2016-09-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
This is completely off topic but . . . For years and years I have been reading in the New York Times and elsewhere that eating carbohydrates make you fat. That colossal nitwit Taubes, who caused such problems for cold fusion, wrote a book about this. He has become famous for this, and he has been

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Video shows how superior animal intelligence is compared to artificial intelligence

2016-03-30 Thread Ken Deboer
Jed, That movie is terrific. And also hilarious. The reaction of the monkey is exactly the same as all of has seen many times in humans. It is getting absolutely untenable anymore to deny the lack of sentience in some of the animal world with profound implications for humanity. I'm quite

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Video shows how superior animal intelligence is compared to artificial intelligence

2016-03-30 Thread Jed Rothwell
Here is the full video that segment is taken from: http://www.ted.com/talks/frans_de_waal_do_animals_have_morals?language=en

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Video shows how superior animal intelligence is compared to artificial intelligence

2016-03-30 Thread Jed Rothwell
Returning to this off-topic subject -- Here is an astounding video showing the behavior of a Capuchin monkey. She gets upset because she is treated unfairly. The concept of "sentience" in A.I. has been defined as being self-aware. That is, being aware that you are an individual; that other

[Vo]:off topic obama care

2016-03-22 Thread Frank Znidarsic
I had a good affordable health care program Highmark PPO Blue. It was discontinued with the introduction of Obamacare. I applied through healthcare.gov. It was a pain but manageable. I then had to supply my estimated income. Next my household income. I am over the line and get no

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Video shows how superior animal intelligence is compared to artificial intelligence

2016-03-01 Thread Jed Rothwell
H LV wrote: I wonder if the cat felt surprised, annoyed and/or amused after > realizing the glass had been moved. > I am pretty sure she was surprised, based on her reaction. If the video had lasted longer we might be able to read other emotions, especially by watching the

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Video shows how superior animal intelligence is compared to artificial intelligence

2016-03-01 Thread H LV
I wonder if the cat felt surprised, annoyed and/or amused after realizing the glass had been moved. harry

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Video shows how superior animal intelligence is compared to artificial intelligence

2016-03-01 Thread Ken Deboer
Nice work, Jed, and also the comments of Vibrator are right on. As an old retired biologist,it has been heartening to see the neurosciences admitting to higher neural and mental functioning in animals, including the near-human intellectual and cognitive achievements you noted in the cat.

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Video shows how superior animal intelligence is compared to artificial intelligence

2016-02-29 Thread Vibrator !
Cool topic, cognitive science is one of my interests. I think that at the stage we're at, the outstanding technical challenges aren't so much quantitative as qualitative - we need to crack the Hard Problem, for an emergent, bottom-up intelligence rather than a "brute forced" but top-down Turing

[Vo]:OFF TOPIC Video shows how superior animal intelligence is compared to artificial intelligence

2016-02-29 Thread Jed Rothwell
There are a zillion cute cat videos on the Internet. This one is food for thought. It tells you a lot about the nature of animal intelligence, and it demonstrates that animals are still far ahead of the best robots and artificial intelligence computers in many ways. This is a 6-second video GIF.

[Vo]:off topic, making apps progress report

2015-11-10 Thread Frank Znidarsic
I am going to do apps that interface with midi upon the release of Android M. My first app is running but I still need to work on it a bit. It was a to get the tablet to accept data from the midi keyboard. I playing the keyboard here in the movie. More non-musical apps that interface with MIDI

[Vo]:Lateral Topic: James Hutton - father of modern geology

2015-10-18 Thread H Veeder
This ​one hour video ​ is ​the ​ first part ​ of a three part BBC series (2010) called Men of Rock ​.​ ​The first half is​ about James Hutton and his geological observations in the second half of the 18th century that ​supported his​ idea th ​at the​ Earth ​is so old that it has​ "no vestige

[Vo]:Lateral Topic: James Hutton - father of modern geology

2015-10-18 Thread H Veeder
This ​one hour video ​ is ​the ​ first part ​ of a three part BBC series (2010) called Men of Rock ​.​ ​The first half is​ about James Hutton and his geological observations in the second half of the 18th century that ​supported his​ idea th ​at the​ Earth ​is so old that it has​ "no vestige

[Vo]:OFF TOPIC The enigmatic wisdom of Deepak Chopra

2015-10-14 Thread Jed Rothwell
Some say artificial intelligence is not yet a thing. Maybe so, but we now have artificial wisdom. Get your random fictional Deepak Chapra quote here: http://www.wisdomofchopra.com/

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC The enigmatic wisdom of Deepak Chopra

2015-10-14 Thread Rich Murray
This random one, I liked..., "Awareness grows through subtle joy." and here's my koan haiku, "An ancient mind. Rich jumps in. Plop!" On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 4:27 PM, Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson < orionwo...@charter.net> wrote: > Jed sez: > > > > > Some say artificial intelligence is

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC The enigmatic wisdom of Deepak Chopra

2015-10-14 Thread Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson
Jed sez: > Some say artificial intelligence is not yet a thing. Maybe so, > but we now have artificial wisdom. Get your random fictional > Deepak Chapra quote here: > > http://www.wisdomofchopra.com/ Hah! Let me do one better. A little haiku ditty straight out of my own randomized

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Japanese Members of Parliament are spry!

2015-09-18 Thread Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson
Jed sed: > It is good to know that national leaders keep in shape. > I'll bet they could beat the crap out of the U.S. Senate. Yesterday I watched a great documentary on the life and films of Stanley Kubrick. The following classic comes to mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAeqVGP-GPM

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Japanese Members of Parliament are spry!

2015-09-18 Thread Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson
My apologies to Mr. Beene. I c he already beat me to the punchline. ;-) Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson OrionWorks.com zazzle.com/orionworks

[Vo]:OFF TOPIC Japanese Members of Parliament are spry!

2015-09-17 Thread Jed Rothwell
Japanese Members of Parliament may be middle aged, but they are spry! See this brawl yesterday, which was featured on the 7 o'clock NHK national news: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/japanese-politicians-brawl-in-parliament-in-debate-about-pacifism-10504983.html It is good to know

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Japanese Members of Parliament are spry!

2015-09-17 Thread Jones Beene
From: Jed Rothwell Ø Japanese Members of Parliament may be middle aged, but they are spry! See this brawl yesterday, which was featured on the 7 o'clock NHK national news: "Gentlemen. You can't fight in here. This is the War Room!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAeqVGP-GPM

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Japanese Members of Parliament are spry!

2015-09-17 Thread Lennart Thornros
Polish parliament. Or history repeats itself. Best Regards , Lennart Thornros www.StrategicLeadershipSac.com lenn...@thornros.com +1 916 436 1899 202 Granite Park Court, Lincoln CA 95648 “Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent

[Vo]:off topic Andriod

2015-09-03 Thread Frank Znidarsic
Thanks Steven. I have to start somewhere. I can't compete in games. A laptop or a desk top does not fit in the piano music book holder. My laptop fell off of the piano when trying to do this with the program Grand Piano. An android tablet would fit nicely into the book holder. That's my

[Vo]:off topic android

2015-09-02 Thread Frank Znidarsic
Off topic Android I took a break from my science stuff about 6 monthsago. Amazon asked me to write apps forKindle. They apparently liked my books. Why not give it a try? I downloaded Android Studio and began workingwith it. I wrote executables in Basic yearsago but never produced

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Ruins of Japanese Emperor's WWII bombshelter

2015-08-03 Thread Jed Rothwell
A translation of the broadcast is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyokuon-h%C5%8Ds%C5%8D#Full_text It is hard to understand in English, and very hard to understand in Japanese, because it is in highflow pseudo-ancient court Japanese. Many people hearing it did not understand until the

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Ruins of Japanese Emperor's WWII bombshelter

2015-08-03 Thread Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson
Thanks for the translation Jed. I lived in Japan with my parents back around 1954-56. I reckon I was around 2 years when we moved there. It would have been a good age to learn a 2nd language - if only I lived there longer. I am reminded of the 1980s TV Miniseries Shogun, staring Richard

[Vo]:OFF TOPIC Ruins of Japanese Emperor's WWII bombshelter

2015-08-03 Thread Jed Rothwell
Timed for the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII, the Japanese Imperial Household Agency has released some documents, photos and recordings. They released a digital copy of the Emperor's surrender proclamation audio recording, which you can find here: http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/stream/?id=2840953

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2015-07-17 Thread Frank Znidarsic
A few years ago I completed several books. This was a goal and I am proud to have completed it. None are selling well but Energy, Cold Fusion, and Antigravity has sold quite a few over the last couple of years. I also wanted to wrote software and market it on Google Play. I saw those neat

[Vo]:OFF TOPIC Hong Kong accident spills millions of dollars of cash in street

2014-12-24 Thread Jed Rothwell
http://www.scmp.com/video/hong-kong/1668601/people-scramble-cash-after-road-accident-spills-banknotes-busy-hong-kong http://www.ibtimes.co.in/hong-kong-cash-spill-millions-dollars-strewn-across-highway-photos-618221

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Everyone in Japan has a smartphone -- everyone!

2014-11-06 Thread David L. Babcock
My browser couldn't translate. Synopses please? Ol' Bab On 11/4/2014 8:24 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: See: http://amenities-news.com/wp/?p=8345 --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Everyone in Japan has a smartphone -- everyone!

2014-11-06 Thread Jed Rothwell
David L. Babcock olb...@gmail.com wrote: My browser couldn't translate. Synopses please? You can run the text through: https://translate.google.com/ Anyway, the gist of it is that this is a photograph from the wildlife photographer of the year contest at the natural history Museum in London,

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Everyone in Japan has a smartphone -- everyone!

2014-11-06 Thread Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson
Great photo Jed, BTW, when we were still living in Taiwan I had a pet monkey steal my glasses. I was about five or six years old at the time. I watched him chew on the frames. I think he was trying to determine whether it was edible or not. My mother saw the swipe as it happened. She freaked

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Everyone in Japan has a smartphone -- everyone!

2014-11-06 Thread John Berry
Also further down there is a video of a cell phone playing a video of worms, many frogs come up and try to eat the videoed worms. Quite impressive. On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson orionwo...@charter.net wrote: Great photo Jed, BTW, when we were still

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Everyone in Japan has a smartphone -- everyone!

2014-11-06 Thread Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson
From John, Also further down there is a video of a cell phone playing a video of worms, many frogs come up and try to eat the videoed worms. Quite impressive. This reminds me of yet another animal intelligence story. If you have ever seen the PBS NATURE program titled A Murder of Crows get

[Vo]:OFF TOPIC Everyone in Japan has a smartphone -- everyone!

2014-11-04 Thread Jed Rothwell
See: http://amenities-news.com/wp/?p=8345

[Vo]:OFF TOPIC Pearls Before Swine does a double-blind physics paper review

2014-10-11 Thread Jed Rothwell
See: http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2014/10/11

[Vo]:OFF TOPIC Kim Jung-Un missing from official North Korean website

2014-10-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
Seriously. See: http://korea-dpr.com/biography.html I have not seen any mention of this in the mass media. - Jed

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Kim Jung-Un missing from official North Korean website

2014-10-10 Thread Craig Haynie
On 10/10/2014 09:46 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Seriously. See: http://korea-dpr.com/biography.html I have not seen any mention of this in the mass media. - Jed He's not there on the wayback machine, either. https://web.archive.org/web/20140208052408/http://korea-dpr.com/biography.html Craig

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Kim Jung-Un missing from official North Korean website

2014-10-10 Thread Jed Rothwell
Ah. Good point. Craig Haynie cchayniepub...@gmail.com wrote: He's not there on the wayback machine, either. https://web.archive.org/web/20140208052408/http://korea- dpr.com/biography.html

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Kim Jung-Un missing from official North Korean website

2014-10-10 Thread Robert Dorr
They haven't removed his visage or news of his existence from the Korea Friendship Sites yet. Robert Dorr On 10/10/2014 7:08 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Ah. Good point. Craig Haynie cchayniepub...@gmail.com mailto:cchayniepub...@gmail.com wrote: He's not there on the wayback machine,

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