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The clip is hilarious but I think Phi's point is still valid as homeopathy in vast majority of cases is not used to try to cure serious conditions (at least I hope it's not)

I couldn't agree more. Now put what you wrote above (especially the part about a child cracking a smile) into retrospective against our encounter in this thread a few days ago and you will end up with my, and incidently your way of thinking.

I assure you this wasn't the case. That pediatrician was a clear nutcase with a strong religious agenda to his rhetoric on top of things. He couldn't promote ice water to a dehydrated person in the middle of the desert but...he is an MD in the EU. Let's assume you are right for a second and that was the case. There's a clear difference in the level of cynicism between owning say a production of halon gas fire extinguishers and as a result being against CO2 extinguishers and being an MD who took an oath to save lives being against the use of vaccines because he owns a homeopathic drug company. Although my tolerance threshold for cynicism and hypocrisy has risen over time/age/experience, I still can't get used to things like this. I will never learn I guess (I hope). PS. Your view on fear I completely share (Yoda voice)

Dang your'e right. Edited it in <--- try to say that out loud, lol.

Click the windows icon in the bottom left corner, type in "cmd" in the search programs and files, when you see a black screen type the following: ipconfig -release (press Enter) and then: ipconfig -renew (press Enter) If it doesn't help just wait a while as the problem is most likely not on your side.

I've found that similar analogies used by me in these situations do not resonate in an anticipated manner and bring me closer to a higher risk of assault charges. I've found that smaltalk and changing the subject (and the doctor) is a more beneficial solution for me and my family.

I agree, well said. Too bad the world around us doesn't agree with you on so many occasions. I've personally spoken to an MD who was against vaccinations of any kind and promoted homeopathy. These kinds of encounters are a high risk for me, I haven't yet been but I fear that I might be charged with assault one day.

I find this sociopathic lack of empathy extremely disturbing.

I see that one of your your favourite areas of interest is AI. Would you say that peoples' genuine concern about AI becoming dangerous is justified? There are some high profile people stating these concerns, Elon Musk being one of them. As I said, I'm far from having a fully informed opinion on this but it seems very far fetched or even funny to me to be concerned about a "Terminator" like scenario.

I'm no expert on cryptography but this is exactly why I find the company and their AI'ish software fascinating. Considering that the amount of combinations in GO are from the practical point of view infinite, I presume that the implications of programming a piece of software to play GO very well had to be that of not using brute force but well thought out learning capabilities which is so difficult. Together with the fact that the same AI can come up with (if it's true) algorithms difficult to crack by humans this makes one hell of a breakthrough doesn't it ?

I wish the survey was a little more detailed as it touches a very broad and controversial subject but I did fill it out for you. Be sure to post your conclusions in this thread.

Be careful, you might lure one out to turn your world into a living hell thus changing your view on their inability BTW...I presume you must have read that "Grammar" thread and then chose to correct me in that "Voynich" thread. Thank you I guess Men (young men) both gossip and think deeply about these things too, you'd be surprised Thanks for your autobiography/biography suggestion, I like the idea Don't do it man, it's a trap. Here, Eddie's got it all figured out:

As much as I'd love to answer yours Imatfaal and DrKrettin's comments, I just read Swansont's post in the "moderation comments" section so regretfully I need to steer this thread towards it's bs topic.

You had to destroy my aspirations in the root didn't you DrKrettin We all know now that I will need an editor for every page because they won't last longer than a page. Geee I feel stupid. How could I write: my biography instead of autobiography.

Well, I was able to benefit (kind of) from this thread after all. Seeing that Tom has been able to actually drag his utter BS to a point of offering a book on amazon made me think about considering to consider writing my biography.

Check out them 3 string blues on a shovel guitar:

Considering that these same guys built a system that beat the best GO player 4-1 on a 19x19 board it will be even more interesting to see if their AI will be able to stop humans from decrypting it's code.

Thank you Ophiolite and you're right, theres far too much spam here to have to dig through legitimate posts that look like spam. I cannot give up the forum (and other sources) completely as I'm learning too much and know too little to give up. My little, lovely distraction needs smart parents. Mom is not always on track with this notion but what can you do.

Hi guys...this especially means (in alphabetical order): ajb, Memammal, Michel123456, Mordred (no math pretty please), Studiot, Tim88. Or anyone else who can contribute to the overwhelming vastness of this thread by simplifying it. I have a request for you guys... I don't remember who but someone once stated that if you can't summarize your idea in one sentence then your idea is not of interest. Could each of you summarize the essence of what you are trying to convey in a single sentence so it will become easier for me to grasp this thread?

All film negatives are subtractive color based (explanation below) Kodachrome is over 100 year old analog film technology. And a very specific one too, requiring K-14 chemical process to develop the film and uses only 2 primary colors for storing color information. "Kodachrome" was actually one of the first if not the first analog film technology that used a subtractive color model for storing colors (previously they tried to use additive models and the results were awful). It is true that a film negative (any film negative) uses inverted colors that correspond to a subtractive color model - Reds appear as Cyan, Greens as Magenta and Blues as Yellow. That's because the film does not emit light so it doesn't make sense to use an additive color model like RGB - the result would be bad color rendition. When you shine bright, white light from a projector through a negative (old family slides in your basement for example) it will result in proper RGB color rendition on your living room wall - proper for a human eye that is. Let's leave the analog systems for now and please consider this as to your original question (once again) : 1. A source of light forces use of an addtitive color model like sRGB* (monitors, projectors, tablets mobile phones, LED panels - anything with a source of light) 2. Lack of source of light forces use of a subtractive color model - like CMYK (colors that you see on paper, cloth, wall paint, car paint, etc) 3. To make sRGB* and CMYK to be able to talk to each other you need a color magagement system. If your'e on windows and you hit print, the RGB image on your monitor is being ripped by your printer driver and the electronics inside your printer into a CMYK image which is understandable for your printer. *CIELAB is a reference color model used by software and hardware to talk to each other color wise. *sRGB - a global standard RGB color model developed by companies to make it easier for hardware to talk to each other. Different technologies give different results (for ex. CRT, TFT, LCD) Adobe has it's own standard called "Adobe RGB" - there are also others for specific uses. *CIELAB is a color model which is independent from hardware and software and is referred to as what "humans can see" (which is not true btw because we can see more) CIELAB is used as a refererence color model for making RGB, CMYK, SWOP and anything else to be able to talk to each other in the digital world. CMYK - There is no global standard here, everybody uses their own technology to print colors as well as possible - CIELAB is the reference. Subtractive color exists on paper which doesn't emit light. Additive color exists on your monitor which emits light. No mystery Read the 3 wiki's I linked you. If you want invisible stuff look up polarization

Fredreload, is that what you meant - photo negatives?

Et tu, Brute? Title changed.

Okay, ok...I apologise for a spamy looking post, was posting from my phone and was holding my 6 month old distraction while doing it so I just pasted that title and, and... Nevermind. The article is pretty interesting. The same company which built the cryptohrapy software which the above link talks about also built an AI which beat the best human "GO" player a few months ago. They were bought by google for 500mln, Elon Musk has shares in it. I thought I'd post it here in the science news forum. I hope its ok Ophiolite? Geeez..

http://www.itechpost.com/articles/47939/20161029/google-ais-encryption-better-human.htm