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#1576
'Suspending a chicken over your bed could protect against Zika virus and malaria'

"The researchers believe mosquitoes are wary of chickens because the birds eat the insects, and their blood is not nutritious enough to be worth the taking the risk."

Here's the link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/07/21/suspending-a-chicken-over-your-bed-could-protect-against-zika-vi/
#1577
Literate Chaotic / Re: Five word horror
July 24, 2016, 06:03:45 AM
#1578
Literate Chaotic / Re: Five word horror
July 23, 2016, 06:21:48 PM
Quote from: Brother Mythos on April 21, 2016, 04:37:37 PM
The first one is free.

Try it. You'll like it.
#1579
High Weirdness / THC In The Water Supply?
July 23, 2016, 06:49:15 AM
'Colorado town awaits test results of pot ingredient in water'

Here's the link: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_WATER_CONTAMINATED_MARIJUANA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Stoners, consult 'Google Maps' for location and directions to Hugo, Colorado 80821.

Here's the link:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hugo,+CO/@39.1357032,-103.4895386,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x870d541249939abd:0xd9404aafe4610cff!8m2!3d39.1361003!4d-1
#1580
Literate Chaotic / Re: Moe Philosophy
July 22, 2016, 08:09:56 PM
Same here. You've put a lot of work into this. I skimmed it, and downloaded it for a more through read this weekend.
#1581
Literate Chaotic / Re: Stalker
July 22, 2016, 08:08:49 PM
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on July 21, 2016, 05:59:59 PM
"Got one of those stalker virus yesterday, creepy as fuck."

So that's what happens when you get a Stalker Virus. I didn't realize it could be that bad. Thanks for the warning.
#1582
Literate Chaotic / Re: Five word horror
July 22, 2016, 08:05:28 PM
Quote from: Gray Area on July 01, 2016, 06:40:55 PM
Quote from: Gray Area on April 12, 2016, 01:01:56 AM
Give me your honest opinion.

Constructive criticism is always appreciated.

What do you really think?
#1583
Quote from: Acuddle on July 20, 2016, 05:10:30 PM
Quote from: Grey Area
Quote from: Prelate Diogenes ShandorWon't somebody think about the bunnies?

I feel your pain. I assure you, the cute, little bunny rabbits hippity hoppitting around my backyard, at least, are being well cared for.

The only predators in my neighborhood are some very lazy, roaming housecats, an occasional crow, and some hawks that have easier pickins down by the river. My wife plants catnip behind our garage, so the neighborhood cats are usual too stoned to even notice the bunny rabbits. (I find one of the neighbors' cats sprawled out and cross-eyed in our catnip patch about once a week during the summer. My wife is, apparently, growing some primo stuff.)

Those cute, little bunny rabbits, however, went all 'scorched earth' on our carrots last spring. (I don't think they were into The Sustainable Food Supply Chain Managementâ„¢ thingy quite yet.) So, I had to build a chicken wire fence around and over the carrot patch. Our furry, little friends are now welcome to eat anything that grows through the chicken wire, but they have to be patient, and wait for us to share the rest of the carrots with them when we're ready to harvest them. ('Them' meaning the carrots, not the cute, little bunny rabbits.)

So nice and generous ! Ecological management done right.
One step before the THC-laced grilled carrots :). (Do not mix up catnip and the other herb, for rabbit survival.)

(Grr, Photobucket's seems to have gone even shittier. Again. Seems it kicked itself.)

Thanks.

Actually, I've only seen the cute, little bunny rabbits a couple of times this summer. A baby rabbit hopped out from under my cucumber trellis when I watered the garden this evening, and it's the first one I've seen in weeks.

What I originally thought were hawks flying around down by the river turned out to be turkey vultures. Really BIG turkey vultures! They look majestic in flight, until they fly in very low and straight at you, where you can clearly see their ugly heads. Anyway, I think the turkey vultures are keeping all of the small critters in the neighborhood in hiding during daylight hours.     
#1584
"ROBO-BEER: WORLD'S FIRST BEER BREWED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE"

Here's the link: http://www.newsweek.com/robo-beer-worlds-first-beer-brewed-artificial-intelligence-480341

Have any of the people from the UK who post on this forum tried this beer yet?
#1585
Literate Chaotic / Re: Five word horror
July 21, 2016, 10:58:42 AM
Quote from: Gray Area on July 15, 2016, 07:52:13 PM
Quote from: Gray Area on July 14, 2016, 12:09:34 AM
Quote from: Gray Area on July 12, 2016, 07:47:58 AM
Quote from: Gray Area on July 08, 2016, 08:54:19 PM
Another day, another mass shooting.

Our technology outpaces our wisdom.

Humans kill their own species.

Another day, another mass killing.

Humans are sentient killer apes.
#1586
'5,000-year-old tablet shows Mesopotamian workers paid in beer'

Here's the link: https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/insight/5-000-year-old-tablet-shows-mesopotamian-workers-paid-in-beer-165528011.html

I found this article very amusing until I remembered a lady who works in a pet shop, and takes all of her wages in birdseed. That, and the fact that Mesopotamians didn't start using money, as we know it, for almost another three millennia. Up until then, they operated strictly as a barter economy.
#1587
High Weirdness / Re: Ark Encounter
July 21, 2016, 10:55:38 AM
Three (3) posts? Seriously, that's it? Three (3) posts, and you call that a thread highjacking?! That's not a thread highjacking, that's just pitiful.

Anyway, Bill Nye, "The Science Guy," toured the new Ark Encounter theme park, and had this to say:

"On a hopeful note, the parking lots were largely empty, and the ark building is unfinished. We can hope it will close soon."

Here's the link to the full article: http://www.sltrib.com/home/4106022-155/a-flood-of-contention-bill-nye

Oh, and from the picture, their ark doesn't even float, or anything. At $40 for adults ($31 for seniors), $28 for children, and $10 for parking, I'd, at least, expect the thing to float.
#1588
Literate Chaotic / Re: Five word horror
July 15, 2016, 07:52:13 PM
Quote from: Gray Area on July 14, 2016, 12:09:34 AM
Quote from: Gray Area on July 12, 2016, 07:47:58 AM
Quote from: Gray Area on July 08, 2016, 08:54:19 PM
Another day, another mass shooting.

Our technology outpaces our wisdom.

Humans kill their own species.

Another day, another mass killing.
#1589
Literate Chaotic / Re: Five word horror
July 14, 2016, 12:09:34 AM
Quote from: Gray Area on July 12, 2016, 07:47:58 AM
Quote from: Gray Area on July 08, 2016, 08:54:19 PM
Another day, another mass shooting.

Our technology outpaces our wisdom.

Humans kill their own species.
#1590
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on July 06, 2016, 06:16:29 PM
These 3 vids are the ones that I found the most useful in helping me grasp the concept. I was coming at it from a programmers point of view - "How do I code it" Turns out that was the wrong question. You don't code it, it just works.

CNN's are only part of the picture but they're a good starting point. Now I I can grok them, a lot of the other stuff makes more sense.

https://youtu.be/l42lr8AlrHk

https://youtu.be/C_zFhWdM4ic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py5byOOHZM8

I reviewed those YouTube clips and they did help me gain more of an understanding of ANNs.

I also reviewed the following Wikipedia article on ANNs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_neural_network

In the 'External Links' section of the above article they list the following link: http://www.dkriesel.com/en/science/neural_networks

On that site you can download the book, A Brief Introduction to Neural Networks by David Kriesel, in PDF form. I downloaded the book, read a number of chapters in depth, and skimmed through the rest. Overall, I found the book very helpful.

That Wikipedia article on ANNs also led me to their article on Machine learning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_learning

This article was also helpful, and the 'Software' section lists 'Free and open-source software'. Seeing that, I went over to SourceForge and searched 'artificial neural network'. To my surprise, I got 751 program hits!

Here's my SourceForge link: https://sourceforge.net/directory/os:windows/?q=artificial%20neural%20network

So, on the surface, it appears that I just might be able to treat an ANN software package like an electrical engineer's 'black box', and make it work for me as long as I can figure out how to program the inputs and outputs.

Now I have to decide if I want to try to take my new found, but superficial knowledge to the next level. Just for the hell of it, I did some 'if/then' AI programming for an open-source game a few years ago. So, I do have some programming skills, and the right ANN software package just might be adaptable to that particular open-source game, or another one I'm familiar with. Still, as I only get the urge to write code on a 'once in a blue moon' basis, I have to go through a 'relearning curve' every time I do it.

Anyway, I now know a little bit about Artificial Neural Networks. So, thanks for your original and your follow-up posts.