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It could've been worse - I've had bad experiences with horse genitalia in the past. (NJ). </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=40101.72&return_msg=40101.71" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="40101.72"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a40101_73"></a><div class="message" id="message_40101_73"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)<span class="message_time"> 3 Dec 2012 10:21</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: graphitone <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 3 Dec 2012 11:09"></span></span> <span class="message_count">73 of 85</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40101.73">40101.73</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40101.71#a40101_72" target="_self">40101.72</a></div> <div class="message_body"> You and X3n both</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=40101.73&return_msg=40101.71" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="40101.73"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a40101_74"></a><div class="message" id="message_40101_74"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)<span class="message_time"> 3 Dec 2012 10:34</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 3 Dec 2012 11:45"></span></span> <span class="message_count">74 of 85</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40101.74">40101.74</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40101.71#a40101_73" target="_self">40101.73</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I've had nothing but fun with horse genitals.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=40101.74&return_msg=40101.71" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="40101.74"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a40101_75"></a><div class="message" id="message_40101_75"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: graphitone<span class="message_time"> 3 Dec 2012 11:10</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 3 Dec 2012 11:22"></span></span> <span class="message_count">75 of 85</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40101.75">40101.75</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40101.71#a40101_74" target="_self">40101.74</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Is that a side effect of living in a village?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=40101.75&return_msg=40101.71" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="40101.75"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a40101_76"></a><div class="message" id="message_40101_76"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)<span class="message_time"> 3 Dec 2012 11:22</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: graphitone <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 3 Dec 2012 11:52"></span></span> <span class="message_count">76 of 85</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40101.76">40101.76</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40101.71#a40101_75" target="_self">40101.75</a></div> <div class="message_body"> More of a reason.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=40101.76&return_msg=40101.71" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="40101.76"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a40101_77"></a><div class="message" id="message_40101_77"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: graphitone<span class="message_time"> 3 Dec 2012 11:52</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 3 Dec 2012 14:15"></span></span> <span class="message_count">77 of 85</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40101.77">40101.77</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40101.71#a40101_76" target="_self">40101.76</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Dirty. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=40101.77&return_msg=40101.71" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="40101.77"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a40101_78"></a><div class="message" id="message_40101_78"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE)<span class="message_time"> 5 Dec 2012 11:13</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: JonCooper <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 5 Dec 2012 17:34"></span></span> <span class="message_count">78 of 85</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40101.78">40101.78</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40101.2">40101.2</a></div> <div class="message_body"> "The next few years" is probably optimistic (or pessimistic if you think they're going to kill us all). The computational and storage potential of the human brain is still something scientists don't fully understand, but it certainly doesn't seem to be something that can be accurately expressed in terms of petaflops and exabytes. In particular, the capacity for abstract thought in the absence of external stimulus is a mystery, and that's the sort of thing an artificial intelligence would need to do in order to be considered remotely "alive".</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=40101.78&return_msg=40101.71" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="40101.78"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a40101_79"></a><div class="message" id="message_40101_79"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)<span class="message_time"> 5 Dec 2012 18:34</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 5 Dec 2012 18:51"></span></span> <span class="message_count">79 of 85</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40101.79">40101.79</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40101.71#a40101_78" target="_self">40101.78</a></div> <div class="message_body"> The implications for Mitt Romney are quite sobering.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=40101.79&return_msg=40101.71" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="40101.79"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a40101_80"></a><div class="message" id="message_40101_80"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Ken (SHIELDSIT)<span class="message_time"> 6 Dec 2012 02:14</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 8 Dec 2012 08:36"></span></span> <span class="message_count">80 of 85</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40101.80">40101.80</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=40101.71#a40101_78" target="_self">40101.78</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Funny, I just watched a documentary on Wilson the other day. Hearing them explain how hard it is for a computer to understand the little nuances of speech was interesting. They said at one point humans who were on Jeopardy usually answered the questions correctly 90–95% of the time. Wilson was getting 10–15% correct. I guess it's something I would have figured a computer would kill a person at. But obviously there is much more involved. <br /> <br /> I would love to work on projects like that. I think working on something cutting edge or something really hard would be very rewarding. You wouldn't have any constraints as long as you could find a way to get the computer to cooperate. <br /> <br /> And something that I think about a lot is binary. How a computer only speaks in on or off and is able to do what it does is flat out unbelievable. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=40101.80&return_msg=40101.71" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="40101.80"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="message_page_footer"> <ul> <li class="right_col"><form accept-charset="utf-8" method="get" action="lmessages.php" target="_self"><input type="hidden" name="webtag" id="webtag" class="bhinputtext" value="DEFAULT" dir="ltr" /><input type="hidden" name="msg" id="msg" class="bhinputtext" value="40101.81" dir="ltr" /><input type="submit" name="submit" id="keep_reading" value="Keep reading…" class="button" /></form></li> </ul> </div> </div> </body>