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www.theregister.com... ...a whole-Earth simulation will be a colossal challenge.
"(SWS) is a hungry beast," Blank said. "A lot of data will be required to make this thing even credible."
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...who nevertheless said the simulations might be useful for anticipating some scenarios.
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The way to test it would be to set the program at some point in the past
and let it run to a given date, then check the predictions against actual history.
Originally posted by Jbird
www.theregister.com...
The way to test it would be to set the program at some point in the past
and let it run to a given date, then check the predictions against actual history.
Very insightful idea, from the comments page, I thought.
[edit on 24-6-2007 by Jbird]
Originally posted by Jbird
That would be a lot of data input. Who's gonna do it?
Originally posted by Jbird
That would be a lot of data input. Who's gonna do it?
Originally posted by Tom Bedlam
Well, here's where all the social data mining comes in, right?
Google's building databases of what you like to look at. That probably tells a lot about your interests.
Originally posted by AcesInTheHole
As I said before, it's a scary thought that they could be interfacing this type of program with the verichips.
Originally posted by Mechanic 32
Welcome to the real life Matrix???