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I don't speak creole but... HEY!
I have been checking in every so often. But staying among the shadows.
D clamp, C clamp, whats the difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by szlamany
let the clamping resumeQuote:
Originally Posted by dday9
Which is kind of funny because Clamps on Futurama was really more of a crimp.
Better than a wimp I suppose.
See what I did there? Crimp. Wimp. Lol
Not understanding. Way too feverish. I'm at the sickest I've been for nearly thirty years.
Your bug is back... great. Blocking that.
My bug has found Shaggy apparently.
Sorry to hear that you're sick.
Does this smiley help:
:sick:
Wow, the post race turned sick with bad back, bad heads, and now I'm here: bad breath.
Sorry to hear about your joint DD. Personally I've got early onset arthritus which is kinda the opposite problem. The bone in the joints won't stop growing. They've told me to keep up the climbing because that should help wear it down but I swear it gets worse just after climbing and if I take a couple of weeks off it feels notably better.
And Shaggy, look, behind you, a pink elephant!
I am so tired. I need to go to sleep. But I cant figure out why I havent yet.
It's very simple... Post Race!Quote:
I am so tired. I need to go to sleep. But I cant figure out why I havent yet.
I spent 14 hours sleeping. I'm not sure that it helped.
Edison said that sleep is a waste of our time and that it's a leftover from our caveman days. I'm paraphrasing obviously, but I've always liked that thinking.
Dude. I am so sorry to hear bout the health issue.
Meanwhile in other news: Frenchman develops pills to make flatulence smell of roses
Good quote. I am now going to refrain from sleeping.Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
Thomas Edison was very big on power naps.
But sleeping at night was something he didn't like to do.
Some people can get away with that, others can't.
Sleep is really weird when you think about it, and Edison was clearly wrong. Pretty nearly everything sleeps. Most animals live in constant fear of becoming dinner, yet we shut ourselves down for hours at a time during which we are totally vulnerable. If it was possible to evolve a different strategy, SOME animal would have done so, because the cost is clearly so high. The fact that all vertebrates sleep must mean that sleep is essential, even if we don't really know why. Whatever role it fills, it is right up there with breathing and eating (a bit below breathing, and a bit above eating).
Yeah, he was clearly wrong about that, but it's a unique perspective. I would love to never have to sleep. Whenever I go to bed, I have so many ideas in my head and I'm afraid of my dreams stealing them forever.
I'd rather not spend a third of my life in a dormant state, too, but it's really interesting that sleep is SO essential. We are trying to make robots and the like, and those generally have no need for sleep, but then again, they are not as capable as we are. What role does sleep play that is so essential? Would it be useful for AI, as well?
I've always wondered if sleep was to us as a battery swap is to a robot.
Edison... power naps... POWER naps... EDISON... POWER.... I get it.Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
Drat! You've foiled my plot to subliminally insert energy puns. If it weren't for those meddling kids and their dog.
Im onto you dday9... if thats even you real name *pulls off mask* *is actually Brad Jones*
Jeepers creepers!
Hedgehogs for all?
Going to Benihana for dinner. Woot!
Moles sleep underground.
Hippos sleep under water (Sometimes).
Horses sleep standing up.
Cows sleep with their eyes open....
I knew there was a reason you shouldn't trust cows.
That's a load of bull.
Actually it has partially evolved already. Dolphins I believe actually only sleep with half their brain with the other half wide awake to process stimulus and keep the animals in constant motion of some kind.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
I think sharks also sleep with half their brain.
When you really think about it, it doesn't seem that strange at all. Think about what would happen if you left a car running for a week straight. Without "sleep", I doubt it would last very long. Hell, it may not even make the full week. Sleep most likely serves the same purpose. The idea is that any complex system that uses energy to perform work will inevitably need periods or dormancy. This of course is just my own theory. I also have a theory that if any system could perform energy conversion with 100% efficiency then rest would be unnecessary for such a system.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
A car engine would have no difficulty running for a week. It's the starting that kills them, as the oil isn't circulating immediately and the warmup is hard on them.
Also, nothing much shuts down during sleep. The brain is still functioning, the lungs are still functioning, the heart is still pumping, and for some people, the muscles are still moving. So what is really shutting down? The example of the dolphin just makes things even more perplexing. The dolphin does sleep half a brain at a time, but that's because it would drown if it shut down completely. So, why does it have to sleep at all? Whatever the gain is, it has to be pretty significant.
Well it could be only a cognitive necessity. I've ready somewhere that it can be likened to needing time to defrag a hard disk. That theory makes sense as well.
So since Windows Vista my PC has been taking power naps instead of getting a good solid nights sleep? No wonder it's performance has degraded.:)
To be honest, I don't know why many techies dislike Windows Vista. When I purchased my first laptop it came with Vista and I had problems with it.
My computers now have Windows 7, which I like a bit better than Vista, but not much more. They're pretty much more or less the same to me.
Sure. That's what I think it is, too. My point is that it isn't optional, it's essential. That seems like it is something that AI folks ought to be thinking about.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niya
I came up with a design where a robot would dream by setting up scenarios and running through them in a virtual world. The learning that went on would translate into making better decisions in the real world....and then I moved on to a different project for a few years. Still, I think the idea is sound, though I couldn't say whether or not our dreams work like that.
I believe that dreams do affect our subconscious on such a deep level that it's hard for us to recognize that anything is being affected. Kind of like an intense hypnosis.
I know some people who's brains appear to sleep seven eighths the time 24 7.Quote:
I think sharks also sleep with half their brain.
I read about a drug that would allow you to compress your sleep cycle. Get the equivalent of eight hours out of two. Wasn't worth it though as it included vivid ugly nightmares.
(Maybe it was fiction. Can't remember due to lack of sleep.)
That's bull crap, I'm not having a cow!
You opine the bovine?
You edited your post making my bull crap post look odd...Quote:
Originally Posted by Gruff
It's the post race!
By the way, you were talking about Modafinil.
You sure? I thought it might be SqueezeAnapin.
No, I think it is moo daffodil.
I favour CluckHyacinth
How about HircineHibiscus?
Happy Thanksgiving American Bros and Bras.
Gobble Gobble.
Did some of that.
Believe it or not, I did not gorge myself yesterday.