Can computers think?

May 18, 2012
The question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim.
-- Edsgar Dijkstra

Website 4 the day:
Why people think that computers can't.  (From 1982)
http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/papers/ComputersCantThink.txt

Posted by Ira Chayut. Posted In : Philosophy 

 

Paranoiac in reverse

May 17, 2012
I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.
-- J. D. Salinger

Website 4 the day:
Reverse image search:
http://www.tineye.com/

Posted by Ira Chayut. Posted In : Philosophy 

 

What you pay

May 16, 2012
Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.  
-- Warren Buffett

Website 4 the day:
See historical Amazon prices:
http://ookong.com

Posted by Ira Chayut. Posted In : Philosophy 

 

Flurry of images

May 15, 2012
I have lived in a flurry of images, but I will go out in a freeze frame.  
-- Anthony Quinn

Website 4 the day:
Free vectors:
http://tutorialblog.org/free-vector-downloads

Posted by Ira Chayut. Posted In : Philosophy 

 

Going nowhere

May 14, 2012
I thought I was going nowhere. Now I can see there was a pattern.
-- Kate DiCamillo

Website 4 the day:
Free patterns:
http://squidfingers.com/patterns 

Posted by Ira Chayut. Posted In : Philosophy 

 

DWK

May 13, 2012
A woman was driving in her car on a narrow road. She was knitting at the same time, so she was driving very slowly. 
A man came up from behind and he wanted to pass her. He opened the window and yelled, "Pull over! Pull over!"
The lady yelled back, "No, it's a sweater!"

Website 4 the Day:
Learn how to, but not while driving:
http://www.knittinghelp.com/

Posted by Ira Chayut. Posted In : Humor 

 

A smile a day

May 12, 2012
Start every day with a smile and get it over with.
-- W.C. Fields

Website 4 the day:
Demos of handwriting recognition:
http://webdemo.visionobjects.com/

Posted by Ira Chayut. Posted In : Humor 

 

People stealing your ideas

May 11, 2012
Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats.
-- Howard Aiken

Website 4 the day:
Photo tours of 15,000 popular landmarks:
http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/25/2974069/google-maps-photo-tours

Posted by Ira Chayut. Posted In : Philosophy 

 

Congressmen's trips abroad

May 10, 2012
The taxpayers are sending congressmen on expensive trips abroad. It might be worth it except they keep coming back!  
-- Will Rogers

Website 4 the day:
Create a website:
http://imcreator.com/

Posted by Ira Chayut. Posted In : Humor 

 

America: the Land of Promise

May 9, 2012
Folk who don't know why America is the Land of Promise should be here during an election campaign.
-- Milton Berle

Website 4 the day:
Autofill sign-up/login forms and track purchases:
https://www.dashlane.com/

Posted by Ira Chayut. Posted In : Humor 

 
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