An international group of scientists are aiming to create a simulator that can replicate everything happening on Earth - from global weather patterns and the spread of diseases to international financial transactions or congestion on Milton Keynes' roads.
Nicknamed the Living Earth Simulator (LES), the project aims to advance the scientific understanding of what is taking place on the planet, encapsulating the human actions that shape societies and the environmental forces that define the physical world.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12012082
Somehow this makes me squirm uncomfortably.
It won't work, at least in the financial area, you can't accurately simulate the capricious Market moods.
Would love a a proper environment simulator.
I can't possibly conceive the amount of memory needed to do this.
Quote from: Charley Brown on December 28, 2010, 04:45:20 PM
An international group of scientists are aiming to create a simulator that can replicate everything happening on Earth - from global weather patterns and the spread of diseases to international financial transactions or congestion on Milton Keynes' roads.
Nicknamed the Living Earth Simulator (LES), the project aims to advance the scientific understanding of what is taking place on the planet, encapsulating the human actions that shape societies and the environmental forces that define the physical world.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12012082
Somehow this makes me squirm uncomfortably.
OMG IT'S FUCKUP*!
*First Universal Cybernetic- Kinetic-Ultramicro-Programmer. FUCKUP predicts trends by collecting and processing information about current developments in politics, economics, the weather, astrology, astronomy, and technology. - The Illuminatus Trilogy
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on December 28, 2010, 04:54:07 PM
I can't possibly conceive the amount of memory needed to do this.
If you accept that only a fraction of the "several hundred exabytes of data being produced worldwide every year... would be useful for a world simulation, the bottleneck won't be the processing capacity," says Mr Warden.
"Getting access to the data will be much more of a challenge, as will figuring out something useful to do with it," he adds.
A double fuckton!
You know what this means. Once they think they're predicting the future, Discordia gotta step in.
This makes me want to build a weather control device just to fuck with them.
GIGO owns shit like this.
Quote from: Charley Brown on December 28, 2010, 04:45:20 PM
An international group of scientists are aiming to create a simulator that can replicate everything happening on Earth - from global weather patterns and the spread of diseases to international financial transactions or congestion on Milton Keynes' roads.
Nicknamed the Living Earth Simulator (LES), the project aims to advance the scientific understanding of what is taking place on the planet, encapsulating the human actions that shape societies and the environmental forces that define the physical world.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12012082
Somehow this makes me squirm uncomfortably.
I'm picturing a bunch of old dudes like that shadow conspiracy group from the X-Files. All gathering together at some British location, sipping tea, and plotting how to take over the world with aliens.
Quote from: Ratatosk on December 28, 2010, 04:54:21 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on December 28, 2010, 04:45:20 PM
An international group of scientists are aiming to create a simulator that can replicate everything happening on Earth - from global weather patterns and the spread of diseases to international financial transactions or congestion on Milton Keynes' roads.
Nicknamed the Living Earth Simulator (LES), the project aims to advance the scientific understanding of what is taking place on the planet, encapsulating the human actions that shape societies and the environmental forces that define the physical world.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12012082
Somehow this makes me squirm uncomfortably.
OMG IT'S FUCKUP*!
*First Universal Cybernetic- Kinetic-Ultramicro-Programmer. FUCKUP predicts trends by collecting and processing information about current developments in politics, economics, the weather, astrology, astronomy, and technology. - The Illuminatus Trilogy
to be honest, using the iChing like fuckup did would probably get at least as accurate results as this proposed project. And probably be a hell of a lot cheaper.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on December 28, 2010, 07:43:07 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on December 28, 2010, 04:45:20 PM
An international group of scientists are aiming to create a simulator that can replicate everything happening on Earth - from global weather patterns and the spread of diseases to international financial transactions or congestion on Milton Keynes' roads.
Nicknamed the Living Earth Simulator (LES), the project aims to advance the scientific understanding of what is taking place on the planet, encapsulating the human actions that shape societies and the environmental forces that define the physical world.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12012082
Somehow this makes me squirm uncomfortably.
I'm picturing a bunch of old dudes like that shadow conspiracy group from the X-Files. All gathering together at some British location, sipping tea, and plotting how to take over the world with aliens.
Well, as long as they use aliens. :)
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on December 28, 2010, 04:54:07 PM
I can't possibly conceive the amount of memory needed to do this.
For a totaly inclusive and accurate model it would be beyond impractical. Everything would have to be tracked from at least the molecular level to even approach accuracy, tracking molecule on Earth, knowing exactly where each was at the same instant as a starting point. (Which could be really fun to observe the changes that arose between simualtion and reality due to atomic / subatomic forces over time, and how fast they accumulate to affect the model's accuracy.)
That having been said, this is likely to need to take signifigant shortcuts just to get going.
Quote from: Richter on December 28, 2010, 08:12:17 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on December 28, 2010, 04:54:07 PM
I can't possibly conceive the amount of memory needed to do this.
For a totaly inclusive and accurate model it would be beyond impractical. Everything would have to be tracked from at least the molecular level to even approach accuracy, tracking molecule on Earth, knowing exactly where each was at the same instant as a starting point. (Which could be really fun to observe the changes that arose between simualtion and reality due to atomic / subatomic forces over time, and how fast they accumulate to affect the model's accuracy.)
That having been said, this is likely to need to take signifigant shortcuts just to get going.
This is where that holographic universe theory would come in handy... they would only need to process the relatively smaller chunks of inclusive data and extrapolate. However, since that model may be entirely bullshit, I'm not sure what they think they're doing.
Quote from: Ratatosk on December 28, 2010, 09:18:28 PM
Quote from: Richter on December 28, 2010, 08:12:17 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on December 28, 2010, 04:54:07 PM
I can't possibly conceive the amount of memory needed to do this.
For a totaly inclusive and accurate model it would be beyond impractical. Everything would have to be tracked from at least the molecular level to even approach accuracy, tracking molecule on Earth, knowing exactly where each was at the same instant as a starting point. (Which could be really fun to observe the changes that arose between simualtion and reality due to atomic / subatomic forces over time, and how fast they accumulate to affect the model's accuracy.)
That having been said, this is likely to need to take signifigant shortcuts just to get going.
This is where that holographic universe theory would come in handy... they would only need to process the relatively smaller chunks of inclusive data and extrapolate. However, since that model may be entirely bullshit, I'm not sure what they think they're doing.
They've probably found a way to market error.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 28, 2010, 09:20:46 PM
Quote from: Ratatosk on December 28, 2010, 09:18:28 PM
Quote from: Richter on December 28, 2010, 08:12:17 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on December 28, 2010, 04:54:07 PM
I can't possibly conceive the amount of memory needed to do this.
For a totaly inclusive and accurate model it would be beyond impractical. Everything would have to be tracked from at least the molecular level to even approach accuracy, tracking molecule on Earth, knowing exactly where each was at the same instant as a starting point. (Which could be really fun to observe the changes that arose between simualtion and reality due to atomic / subatomic forces over time, and how fast they accumulate to affect the model's accuracy.)
That having been said, this is likely to need to take signifigant shortcuts just to get going.
This is where that holographic universe theory would come in handy... they would only need to process the relatively smaller chunks of inclusive data and extrapolate. However, since that model may be entirely bullshit, I'm not sure what they think they're doing.
They've probably found a way to market error.
In the right marketplace error, risk, critical failure points, LD50's, and minimum time to break in are valuable things indeed.
Quote from: Richter on December 28, 2010, 09:23:19 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 28, 2010, 09:20:46 PM
Quote from: Ratatosk on December 28, 2010, 09:18:28 PM
Quote from: Richter on December 28, 2010, 08:12:17 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on December 28, 2010, 04:54:07 PM
I can't possibly conceive the amount of memory needed to do this.
For a totaly inclusive and accurate model it would be beyond impractical. Everything would have to be tracked from at least the molecular level to even approach accuracy, tracking molecule on Earth, knowing exactly where each was at the same instant as a starting point. (Which could be really fun to observe the changes that arose between simualtion and reality due to atomic / subatomic forces over time, and how fast they accumulate to affect the model's accuracy.)
That having been said, this is likely to need to take signifigant shortcuts just to get going.
This is where that holographic universe theory would come in handy... they would only need to process the relatively smaller chunks of inclusive data and extrapolate. However, since that model may be entirely bullshit, I'm not sure what they think they're doing.
They've probably found a way to market error.
In the right marketplace error, risk, critical failure points, LD50's, and minimum time to break in are valuable things indeed.
Someone bought stock in R. :lulz:
This thing is a Von Neumann engine for fail.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 28, 2010, 09:20:46 PM
Quote from: Ratatosk on December 28, 2010, 09:18:28 PM
Quote from: Richter on December 28, 2010, 08:12:17 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on December 28, 2010, 04:54:07 PM
I can't possibly conceive the amount of memory needed to do this.
For a totaly inclusive and accurate model it would be beyond impractical. Everything would have to be tracked from at least the molecular level to even approach accuracy, tracking molecule on Earth, knowing exactly where each was at the same instant as a starting point. (Which could be really fun to observe the changes that arose between simualtion and reality due to atomic / subatomic forces over time, and how fast they accumulate to affect the model's accuracy.)
That having been said, this is likely to need to take signifigant shortcuts just to get going.
This is where that holographic universe theory would come in handy... they would only need to process the relatively smaller chunks of inclusive data and extrapolate. However, since that model may be entirely bullshit, I'm not sure what they think they're doing.
They've probably found a way to market error.
:lulz:
Hell yeah, its not like most of these predictions ever work out... and they don't have a good strong Dobbs level refund policy.
Quote from: Ratatosk on December 28, 2010, 09:27:06 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 28, 2010, 09:20:46 PM
Quote from: Ratatosk on December 28, 2010, 09:18:28 PM
Quote from: Richter on December 28, 2010, 08:12:17 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on December 28, 2010, 04:54:07 PM
I can't possibly conceive the amount of memory needed to do this.
For a totaly inclusive and accurate model it would be beyond impractical. Everything would have to be tracked from at least the molecular level to even approach accuracy, tracking molecule on Earth, knowing exactly where each was at the same instant as a starting point. (Which could be really fun to observe the changes that arose between simualtion and reality due to atomic / subatomic forces over time, and how fast they accumulate to affect the model's accuracy.)
That having been said, this is likely to need to take signifigant shortcuts just to get going.
This is where that holographic universe theory would come in handy... they would only need to process the relatively smaller chunks of inclusive data and extrapolate. However, since that model may be entirely bullshit, I'm not sure what they think they're doing.
They've probably found a way to market error.
:lulz:
Hell yeah, its not like most of these predictions ever work out... and they don't have a good strong Dobbs level refund policy.
IMA DEVELOP A MODEL THAT DEMANDS ACCURATE DATA, AND PUT FLAWED DATA IN, AND THEN RECYCLE UNTIL THE GRANT MONEY RUNS OUT!
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 28, 2010, 09:29:46 PM
Quote from: Ratatosk on December 28, 2010, 09:27:06 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 28, 2010, 09:20:46 PM
Quote from: Ratatosk on December 28, 2010, 09:18:28 PM
Quote from: Richter on December 28, 2010, 08:12:17 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on December 28, 2010, 04:54:07 PM
I can't possibly conceive the amount of memory needed to do this.
For a totaly inclusive and accurate model it would be beyond impractical. Everything would have to be tracked from at least the molecular level to even approach accuracy, tracking molecule on Earth, knowing exactly where each was at the same instant as a starting point. (Which could be really fun to observe the changes that arose between simualtion and reality due to atomic / subatomic forces over time, and how fast they accumulate to affect the model's accuracy.)
That having been said, this is likely to need to take signifigant shortcuts just to get going.
This is where that holographic universe theory would come in handy... they would only need to process the relatively smaller chunks of inclusive data and extrapolate. However, since that model may be entirely bullshit, I'm not sure what they think they're doing.
They've probably found a way to market error.
:lulz:
Hell yeah, its not like most of these predictions ever work out... and they don't have a good strong Dobbs level refund policy.
IMA DEVELOP A MODEL THAT DEMANDS ACCURATE DATA, AND PUT FLAWED DATA IN, AND THEN RECYCLE UNTIL THE GRANT MONEY RUNS OUT!
FOR SCIENCE! (and Mammon)
Quote from: Ratatosk on December 28, 2010, 09:31:45 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 28, 2010, 09:29:46 PM
Quote from: Ratatosk on December 28, 2010, 09:27:06 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 28, 2010, 09:20:46 PM
Quote from: Ratatosk on December 28, 2010, 09:18:28 PM
Quote from: Richter on December 28, 2010, 08:12:17 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on December 28, 2010, 04:54:07 PM
I can't possibly conceive the amount of memory needed to do this.
For a totaly inclusive and accurate model it would be beyond impractical. Everything would have to be tracked from at least the molecular level to even approach accuracy, tracking molecule on Earth, knowing exactly where each was at the same instant as a starting point. (Which could be really fun to observe the changes that arose between simualtion and reality due to atomic / subatomic forces over time, and how fast they accumulate to affect the model's accuracy.)
That having been said, this is likely to need to take signifigant shortcuts just to get going.
This is where that holographic universe theory would come in handy... they would only need to process the relatively smaller chunks of inclusive data and extrapolate. However, since that model may be entirely bullshit, I'm not sure what they think they're doing.
They've probably found a way to market error.
:lulz:
Hell yeah, its not like most of these predictions ever work out... and they don't have a good strong Dobbs level refund policy.
IMA DEVELOP A MODEL THAT DEMANDS ACCURATE DATA, AND PUT FLAWED DATA IN, AND THEN RECYCLE UNTIL THE GRANT MONEY RUNS OUT!
FOR SCIENCE! (and Mammon)
:lulz:
Rat wins the global interbutt model. :lulz:
Quote from: Charley Brown on December 28, 2010, 07:51:28 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on December 28, 2010, 07:43:07 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on December 28, 2010, 04:45:20 PM
An international group of scientists are aiming to create a simulator that can replicate everything happening on Earth - from global weather patterns and the spread of diseases to international financial transactions or congestion on Milton Keynes' roads.
Nicknamed the Living Earth Simulator (LES), the project aims to advance the scientific understanding of what is taking place on the planet, encapsulating the human actions that shape societies and the environmental forces that define the physical world.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12012082
Somehow this makes me squirm uncomfortably.
I'm picturing a bunch of old dudes like that shadow conspiracy group from the X-Files. All gathering together at some British location, sipping tea, and plotting how to take over the world with aliens.
Well, as long as they use aliens. :)
But us Brits
are aliens Charley
Quote from: MMIX on December 28, 2010, 10:40:29 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on December 28, 2010, 07:51:28 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on December 28, 2010, 07:43:07 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on December 28, 2010, 04:45:20 PM
An international group of scientists are aiming to create a simulator that can replicate everything happening on Earth - from global weather patterns and the spread of diseases to international financial transactions or congestion on Milton Keynes' roads.
Nicknamed the Living Earth Simulator (LES), the project aims to advance the scientific understanding of what is taking place on the planet, encapsulating the human actions that shape societies and the environmental forces that define the physical world.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12012082
Somehow this makes me squirm uncomfortably.
I'm picturing a bunch of old dudes like that shadow conspiracy group from the X-Files. All gathering together at some British location, sipping tea, and plotting how to take over the world with aliens.
Well, as long as they use aliens. :)
But us Brits are aliens Charley
I should have known. After all, you can't speak proper American.
Quote from: Charley Brown on December 28, 2010, 10:46:11 PM
Quote from: MMIX on December 28, 2010, 10:40:29 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on December 28, 2010, 07:51:28 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on December 28, 2010, 07:43:07 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on December 28, 2010, 04:45:20 PM
An international group of scientists are aiming to create a simulator that can replicate everything happening on Earth - from global weather patterns and the spread of diseases to international financial transactions or congestion on Milton Keynes' roads.
Nicknamed the Living Earth Simulator (LES), the project aims to advance the scientific understanding of what is taking place on the planet, encapsulating the human actions that shape societies and the environmental forces that define the physical world.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12012082
Somehow this makes me squirm uncomfortably.
I'm picturing a bunch of old dudes like that shadow conspiracy group from the X-Files. All gathering together at some British location, sipping tea, and plotting how to take over the world with aliens.
Well, as long as they use aliens. :)
But us Brits are aliens Charley
I should have known. After all, you can't speak proper American.
I dunno, Charley. I've smoked many a fag in my day.
Quote from: Doktor Phox on December 28, 2010, 10:48:15 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on December 28, 2010, 10:46:11 PM
Quote from: MMIX on December 28, 2010, 10:40:29 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on December 28, 2010, 07:51:28 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on December 28, 2010, 07:43:07 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on December 28, 2010, 04:45:20 PM
An international group of scientists are aiming to create a simulator that can replicate everything happening on Earth - from global weather patterns and the spread of diseases to international financial transactions or congestion on Milton Keynes' roads.
Nicknamed the Living Earth Simulator (LES), the project aims to advance the scientific understanding of what is taking place on the planet, encapsulating the human actions that shape societies and the environmental forces that define the physical world.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12012082
Somehow this makes me squirm uncomfortably.
I'm picturing a bunch of old dudes like that shadow conspiracy group from the X-Files. All gathering together at some British location, sipping tea, and plotting how to take over the world with aliens.
Well, as long as they use aliens. :)
But us Brits are aliens Charley
I should have known. After all, you can't speak proper American.
I dunno, Charley. I've smoked many a fag in my day.
Words cannot describe the horrible and funny thoughts running through my head right now.
Quote from: Charley Brown on December 28, 2010, 10:49:18 PM
Quote from: Doktor Phox on December 28, 2010, 10:48:15 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on December 28, 2010, 10:46:11 PM
Quote from: MMIX on December 28, 2010, 10:40:29 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on December 28, 2010, 07:51:28 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on December 28, 2010, 07:43:07 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on December 28, 2010, 04:45:20 PM
An international group of scientists are aiming to create a simulator that can replicate everything happening on Earth - from global weather patterns and the spread of diseases to international financial transactions or congestion on Milton Keynes' roads.
Nicknamed the Living Earth Simulator (LES), the project aims to advance the scientific understanding of what is taking place on the planet, encapsulating the human actions that shape societies and the environmental forces that define the physical world.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12012082
Somehow this makes me squirm uncomfortably.
I'm picturing a bunch of old dudes like that shadow conspiracy group from the X-Files. All gathering together at some British location, sipping tea, and plotting how to take over the world with aliens.
Well, as long as they use aliens. :)
But us Brits are aliens Charley
I should have known. After all, you can't speak proper American.
I dunno, Charley. I've smoked many a fag in my day.
Words cannot describe the horrible and funny thoughts running through my head right now.
My job here is done. :lulz:
:lulz: to this whole thread.
Quote from: Charley Brown on December 28, 2010, 10:46:11 PM
Quote from: MMIX on December 28, 2010, 10:40:29 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on December 28, 2010, 07:51:28 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on December 28, 2010, 07:43:07 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on December 28, 2010, 04:45:20 PM
An international group of scientists are aiming to create a simulator that can replicate everything happening on Earth - from global weather patterns and the spread of diseases to international financial transactions or congestion on Milton Keynes' roads.
Nicknamed the Living Earth Simulator (LES), the project aims to advance the scientific understanding of what is taking place on the planet, encapsulating the human actions that shape societies and the environmental forces that define the physical world.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12012082
Somehow this makes me squirm uncomfortably.
I'm picturing a bunch of old dudes like that shadow conspiracy group from the X-Files. All gathering together at some British location, sipping tea, and plotting how to take over the world with aliens.
Well, as long as they use aliens. :)
But us Brits are aliens Charley
I should have known. After all, you can't speak proper American.
Spanish?
Quote from: Faust on December 29, 2010, 12:19:59 AM
Quote from: Charley Brown on December 28, 2010, 10:46:11 PM
Quote from: MMIX on December 28, 2010, 10:40:29 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on December 28, 2010, 07:51:28 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on December 28, 2010, 07:43:07 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on December 28, 2010, 04:45:20 PM
An international group of scientists are aiming to create a simulator that can replicate everything happening on Earth - from global weather patterns and the spread of diseases to international financial transactions or congestion on Milton Keynes' roads.
Nicknamed the Living Earth Simulator (LES), the project aims to advance the scientific understanding of what is taking place on the planet, encapsulating the human actions that shape societies and the environmental forces that define the physical world.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12012082
Somehow this makes me squirm uncomfortably.
I'm picturing a bunch of old dudes like that shadow conspiracy group from the X-Files. All gathering together at some British location, sipping tea, and plotting how to take over the world with aliens.
Well, as long as they use aliens. :)
But us Brits are aliens Charley
I should have known. After all, you can't speak proper American.
Spanish?
:lulz:
Fuck. Hawk likes!