Can you crack it - behind the code. PatrickJMT. Itimes3.wordpress.com. Educating the world about finance. Language. How to Win at Rock-Paper-Scissors. Ubs pointed me to this entry at Mental Floss linking to this article by Graham Walker, who’s described as “a co-author of the Official Rock Paper Scissors Strategy Guide (published by Simon and Schuster) and five-time organizer of the World Rock Paper Scissors Championships.”
Hey, I wanted to organize a RPS tournament one winter in college but everybody thought it was a silly idea. Credit goes to those who put in the effort. Anyway, here are Walker’s suggestions. I thought it was just going to be a joke–”rock always ins” and all that–but they actually look pretty good to me. The comments at the end of the article are interesting too. The secret to winning at RPSBasically, there are two ways to win at RPS. Walker (not “Thrower,” huh?) Contrary to what you might think RPS is not simply a game of luck or chance. Something about that British spelling makes it all seem so much more sophisticated. . . . Iocaine Powder Explained. They were both poisoned. Iocaine Powder is a heuristically designed compilation of strategies and meta-strategies which took first place in Darse Billings' excellent First International RoShamBo Programming Competition.
You may use its source code freely; I ask only that you give me credit for any derived works. I attempt here to explain how it works. Meta-Strategy RoShamBo strategies attempt to predict what the opponent will do. Given a successful prediction, it is easy to defeat the opponent (if you know they will play rock, you play paper). However, straightforward prediction will often fail; the opponent may not be vulnerable to prediction, or worse, they might have anticipated your predictive logic and played accordingly. P.0: naive application Assume the opponent is vulnerable to prediction by P; predict their next move, and play to beat it. P.1: defeat second-guessing Assume the opponent thinks you will use P.0. P.2: defeat triple-guessing Assume the opponent thinks you will use P.1. Are You Living in a Simulation?
Many works of science fiction as well as some forecasts by serious technologists and futurologists predict that enormous amounts of computing power will be available in the future. Let us suppose for a moment that these predictions are correct. One thing that later generations might do with their super-powerful computers is run detailed simulations of their forebears or of people like their forebears. Because their computers would be so powerful, they could run a great many such simulations. Suppose that these simulated people are conscious (as they would be if the simulations were sufficiently fine-grained and if a certain quite widely accepted position in the philosophy of mind is correct). Then it could be the case that the vast majority of minds like ours do not belong to the original race but rather to people simulated by the advanced descendants of an original race.
The structure of the paper is as follows. Memory seems to be a no more stringent constraint than processing power. Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Vista and XP Tutorials. Asus Utility and Bloatware Guide. ***Special thanks to GenTechPC for allowing me to use their server to upload the images (my photobucket account was WAY past the bandwidth limititations due to the popularity of this thread)***Last check and update: 3/3/2011Below is a list of Asus utilities/bloatware that may come with your new Asus notebook. If you're unsure about which utilities are useful or safe to uninstall, this list should give you some insight. Wireless Console Utility - Also known as Wireless Console 2 or 3.
A program that helps to toggle between wifi and bluetooth. Not essential for wifi and bluetooth to work but is possibly needed when you do not have dedicated WLAN or BT on/off buttons on your notebook. In such a case, the only comfortable (w.r.t. number of keypresses) way to cycle through WLAN--BT on--off, on--on, off--on, off--off states is with this utility.Virtual Camera Utility - Allows multi-Window Video Conferencing Live video conference with up to 4 contacts worldwide simultaneously. 101 things you never knew you could do with Matroska < WALLS OF TL;DR. Today on the Fluffy Channel: magic tricks with the Matroska container. Namely, editions, file linking and ordered chapters. (Warning: very large amounts of techobabble walls of text ahead.)
These are easily some of the most (if not the most) obfuscated features of the format; a few people know how to use them (and it has been used in one or a few releases) but absolutely noone has written any simple guides to it (hence this blog post). Which is a pity, because it’s an immensely powerful feature. For this exercise, you will need: a) the latest version of mkvtoolnix, b) the latest version of Haali’s Matroska splitter (or just latest CCCP), c) your favorite text editor (never leave home without it) – preferably one with XML syntax highlighting, and d) a brain (in good working condition, fully awake).
File (or Segment) Linking and Segment UID’s All of these concepts tie into each others somewhat, but linking is probably the most simple to understand, as well as the simplest to accomplish. Hacking Skype: 25 Tips to Improve Your Skype Experience. Hacking Skype: 25 Tips to Improve your Skype Experience How versatile is your Skype? Ours can podcast, translate French, take conference calls from 15 people, and tutor calculus. Want to learn how to turn your Skype telephone into a multipurpose office machine? We're going to tell you how. For millions of users, Skype is the VoIP solution of choice. If you're just getting into this great telephone alternative, you are going to be surprised how much you can do with it.
Starting Simple: Built-In Skype Features you Didn't Know About Skype is such a rapidly emerging technology that a lot of brand new users aren't even aware of all the built-in features that Skype offers standard, not to mention the add-ons and hacks that you can improve it with. 1 Call ForwardingWhether you've set your Skype account up on your home or work computer, the fact is, you are occasionally going to get important calls when you aren't there. Plugins, Addons, and Extras Mobility 22 "Can I Have Your Number? "
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