Comments for Clinton's Blogfest http://www.byteclub.net/blog/cwoodward Code anyone? Tue, 13 May 2008 00:11:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 Comment on Using multiple bibtex files by Mark http://www.byteclub.net/blog/cwoodward/2007/01/29/using-multiple-bibtex-files/#comment-485 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:51:43 +0000 http://www.byteclub.net/blog/cwoodward/2007/01/29/using-multiple-bibtex-files/#comment-485 Fascinating CW, tell me more about the bibtex files. btw, The <a href="http://www.byteclub.net/blog/index_comments.php" rel="nofollow">blog roll</a> is still active ;) Fascinating CW, tell me more about the bibtex files.

btw, The blog roll is still active ;)

]]> Comment on Themes & Plugins for Wordpress - Who Wants What? by Mark http://www.byteclub.net/blog/cwoodward/2006/11/30/themes-plugins-for-wordpress-who-wants-what/#comment-129 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 07:19:26 +0000 http://www.byteclub.net/blog/cwoodward/2006/11/30/themes-plugins-for-wordpress-who-wants-what/#comment-129 Mr Clinton, Would it possible to make the files within the wp-content/themes folder and the .htaccess file writable(777) so we can create our own themes? Mr Clinton,

Would it possible to make the files within the wp-content/themes folder and the .htaccess file writable(777) so we can create our own themes?

]]> Comment on The CPU *IS* a bug: ‘roach controlled robot by Joshau Hayes http://www.byteclub.net/blog/cwoodward/2007/01/17/the-cpu-is-a-bug-roach-controlled-robot/#comment-128 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:24:45 +0000 http://www.byteclub.net/blog/cwoodward/2007/01/17/the-cpu-is-a-bug-roach-controlled-robot/#comment-128 Hahaha, I'm just going to have to be different and laugh at that one and not take it too seriously. Jokes and ethics aside, it poses interesting questions like those posed by Lucien. Hahaha, I’m just going to have to be different and laugh at that one and not take it too seriously. Jokes and ethics aside, it poses interesting questions like those posed by Lucien.

]]> Comment on The CPU *IS* a bug: ‘roach controlled robot by Xavier http://www.byteclub.net/blog/cwoodward/2007/01/17/the-cpu-is-a-bug-roach-controlled-robot/#comment-127 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:19:59 +0000 http://www.byteclub.net/blog/cwoodward/2007/01/17/the-cpu-is-a-bug-roach-controlled-robot/#comment-127 "And don’t we already have trained monkeys with guns? I’m sure I saw some on the news the other day in some place called Iraq ;)" +1, feel the buuuurn. I'm going to put the ethical approval stamp on this. It will only get dicey when we start trying to use more developed (chimpanzee and up) brains, as long as treatment equatable to torture is avoided. Bugs don't feel so you can't torture them. Or was that fish? Where are my science notes... “And don’t we already have trained monkeys with guns? I’m sure I saw some on the news the other day in some place called Iraq ;)”
+1, feel the buuuurn.

I’m going to put the ethical approval stamp on this. It will only get dicey when we start trying to use more developed (chimpanzee and up) brains, as long as treatment equatable to torture is avoided. Bugs don’t feel so you can’t torture them. Or was that fish? Where are my science notes…

]]> Comment on The CPU *IS* a bug: ‘roach controlled robot by Jonathan http://www.byteclub.net/blog/cwoodward/2007/01/17/the-cpu-is-a-bug-roach-controlled-robot/#comment-125 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 06:17:43 +0000 http://www.byteclub.net/blog/cwoodward/2007/01/17/the-cpu-is-a-bug-roach-controlled-robot/#comment-125 Ooh, now we're getting political and we all know that's not where we want to be. On the topic of military though, DARPA net is developing some rather.. interesting.. things. When I can find a link, it's definitely blog worthy stuff. They have a tendency to think differently to us. Where we might think "How can I stop this man from getting a bullet in the head?" They prefer to ponder "How can we make him keep going if he has a bullet in his head?" Creepy stuff. Also, Horseshoe crabs (one of the oldest, un-evolved (no, I don't think that's a word.) life forms on earth) have been used in various brain-probing experiments, even to the point where scientists have been able to capture what they see on a television screen. They see in black and white. Ooh, now we’re getting political and we all know that’s not where we want to be. On the topic of military though, DARPA net is developing some rather.. interesting.. things. When I can find a link, it’s definitely blog worthy stuff.
They have a tendency to think differently to us. Where we might think “How can I stop this man from getting a bullet in the head?” They prefer to ponder “How can we make him keep going if he has a bullet in his head?”
Creepy stuff.
Also, Horseshoe crabs (one of the oldest, un-evolved (no, I don’t think that’s a word.) life forms on earth) have been used in various brain-probing experiments, even to the point where scientists have been able to capture what they see on a television screen.
They see in black and white.

]]> Comment on The CPU *IS* a bug: ‘roach controlled robot by Lucien http://www.byteclub.net/blog/cwoodward/2007/01/17/the-cpu-is-a-bug-roach-controlled-robot/#comment-124 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 05:03:24 +0000 http://www.byteclub.net/blog/cwoodward/2007/01/17/the-cpu-is-a-bug-roach-controlled-robot/#comment-124 Ethics is such a hard thing to define. Who's to say this was humane in the first place? Strap a bug to a golf ball and shine bright LED's in it's face. Okay, so it's just a cocroach, but... But if we put the ethics aside for while, surely this is a great way to go. Why spend years developing AI if we can go ahead and use forms of intelligence that have already proven themselves over hundereds of thousands of years? Why bother with Ant Colony Optimisation if we can just use real ants? Surely the cost/benefit ratio is hugely in favour of using an off the shelf brain instead of developing a new one? And don't we already have trained monkeys with guns? I'm sure I saw some on the news the other day in some place called Iraq ;) Ethics is such a hard thing to define. Who’s to say this was humane in the first place? Strap a bug to a golf ball and shine bright LED’s in it’s face. Okay, so it’s just a cocroach, but…

But if we put the ethics aside for while, surely this is a great way to go. Why spend years developing AI if we can go ahead and use forms of intelligence that have already proven themselves over hundereds of thousands of years?

Why bother with Ant Colony Optimisation if we can just use real ants?

Surely the cost/benefit ratio is hugely in favour of using an off the shelf brain instead of developing a new one?

And don’t we already have trained monkeys with guns? I’m sure I saw some on the news the other day in some place called Iraq ;)

]]> Comment on The CPU *IS* a bug: ‘roach controlled robot by Jonathan http://www.byteclub.net/blog/cwoodward/2007/01/17/the-cpu-is-a-bug-roach-controlled-robot/#comment-123 Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:32:32 +0000 http://www.byteclub.net/blog/cwoodward/2007/01/17/the-cpu-is-a-bug-roach-controlled-robot/#comment-123 wow. I suppose this raises all the ethical questions about where science crosses the line into plain old cruelty. Things like this will continue to be developed, not all of which will be as humane, and even fewer will be witnessed by humanity, until one day someone draws the line. Until that line is drawn, I await Robot Wars to jump on this bandwagon of potential profit. Coolest. Show. Evar. wow. I suppose this raises all the ethical questions about where science crosses the line into plain old cruelty. Things like this will continue to be developed, not all of which will be as humane, and even fewer will be witnessed by humanity, until one day someone draws the line.
Until that line is drawn, I await Robot Wars to jump on this bandwagon of potential profit.
Coolest. Show. Evar.

]]> Comment on ZoneEdit Downtime Sucks by Jonathan http://www.byteclub.net/blog/cwoodward/2006/12/21/zoneedit-downtime-sucks/#comment-118 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 13:16:19 +0000 http://www.byteclub.net/blog/cwoodward/2006/12/21/zoneedit-downtime-sucks/#comment-118 Well, asking is better than demanding i suppose. Surprising how a company, even one with a 'free' section, can have problems like that for more than a day though. I wouldn't mind hearing about how everydns.net turns out, so remember to write about it again in the future. Well, asking is better than demanding i suppose. Surprising how a company, even one with a ‘free’ section, can have problems like that for more than a day though. I wouldn’t mind hearing about how everydns.net turns out, so remember to write about it again in the future.

]]> Comment on Themes & Plugins for Wordpress - Who Wants What? by Gatesy http://www.byteclub.net/blog/cwoodward/2006/11/30/themes-plugins-for-wordpress-who-wants-what/#comment-103 Sun, 03 Dec 2006 22:46:23 +0000 http://www.byteclub.net/blog/cwoodward/2006/11/30/themes-plugins-for-wordpress-who-wants-what/#comment-103 I like the idea of having a meebome IM widget in my blog so somebody can drop me a line without have to post a comment on a blog if it's not relevant there. A few more themes would be nice, too. I like the idea of having a meebome IM widget in my blog so somebody can drop me a line without have to post a comment on a blog if it’s not relevant there.

A few more themes would be nice, too.

]]> Comment on Themes & Plugins for Wordpress - Who Wants What? by Jonathan http://www.byteclub.net/blog/cwoodward/2006/11/30/themes-plugins-for-wordpress-who-wants-what/#comment-100 Fri, 01 Dec 2006 13:18:45 +0000 http://www.byteclub.net/blog/cwoodward/2006/11/30/themes-plugins-for-wordpress-who-wants-what/#comment-100 Wow, that;s quite a list of things you've been looking at. I've just been looking at making a new theme, with just a few different styles. Of course Also, a sort of theme editor, where you can just pick and choose what features you want would be nice. (Tick the box to have a calendar, tick the box to have a picture of you somewhere, etc.) Then again, it's all subject to whether or not we all have time. I wouldn't mind designing my own theme the way I want, but i doubt I'll have the time or patience. Maybe a feature to just change the colours of a theme? I know that the CSS shouldn't be changed unless you're in full favor of cross-browser support. Wow, that;s quite a list of things you’ve been looking at. I’ve just been looking at making a new theme, with just a few different styles. Of course

Also, a sort of theme editor, where you can just pick and choose what features you want would be nice. (Tick the box to have a calendar, tick the box to have a picture of you somewhere, etc.)

Then again, it’s all subject to whether or not we all have time. I wouldn’t mind designing my own theme the way I want, but i doubt I’ll have the time or patience. Maybe a feature to just change the colours of a theme? I know that the CSS shouldn’t be changed unless you’re in full favor of cross-browser support.

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