Comments on: Killing the Buddha with Genetic Algorithms http://sweaterproject.org/2003/06/16/killing-the-buddha-with-genetic-algorithms/ Survival of the Knittist Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:35:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Orestes http://sweaterproject.org/2003/06/16/killing-the-buddha-with-genetic-algorithms/#comment-379 Orestes Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://droth.info/?p=81#comment-379 <i>You could probably do this without a computer, but man would that suck.</i> I think that will <i>have</i> to be the opening quote for my <a href="http://students.bath.ac.uk/abpoc/" rel="nofollow">PhD thesis</a>. I hope I have your blessing to use it so, David. You could probably do this without a computer, but man would that suck.

I think that will have to be the opening quote for my PhD thesis. I hope I have your blessing to use it so, David.

]]> By: Raphael http://sweaterproject.org/2003/06/16/killing-the-buddha-with-genetic-algorithms/#comment-380 Raphael Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://droth.info/?p=81#comment-380 In other contexts, familiarity with Big Os could be evolutionarily crucial. In the present context, I would assume spoonix refers to the symbol used for the order of magnitude of the aggregate number of operations in a computer algorithm. In other contexts, familiarity with Big Os could be evolutionarily crucial.
In the present context, I would assume spoonix refers to the symbol used for the order of magnitude of the aggregate number of operations in a computer algorithm.

]]> By: David http://sweaterproject.org/2003/06/16/killing-the-buddha-with-genetic-algorithms/#comment-381 David Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://droth.info/?p=81#comment-381 Michelle, Thanks. I appreciate it. No wittiness necessary. Spoon, "Big O"? I'm afraid I'm not familiar with that term. Michelle,
Thanks. I appreciate it. No wittiness necessary.

Spoon,
“Big O”? I’m afraid I’m not familiar with that term.

]]> By: michelle http://sweaterproject.org/2003/06/16/killing-the-buddha-with-genetic-algorithms/#comment-382 michelle Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://droth.info/?p=81#comment-382 I wish I had something witty to say, but I don't. I really liked this post. I wish I had something witty to say, but I don’t. I really liked this post.

]]> By: spoonix http://sweaterproject.org/2003/06/16/killing-the-buddha-with-genetic-algorithms/#comment-383 spoonix Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://droth.info/?p=81#comment-383 Ok. Wait. I'm confused. Should I kill Buddha or not? And, for the record, Big O is how you're supposed to evalute whether or not a given algorithm is best suited for a given situation (although you have to be mindful of the fact it's assuming the upper limit is infinity... which it never is unless you're count spams sent to an email address). Ok.

Wait. I’m confused.

Should I kill Buddha or not?

And, for the record, Big O is how you’re supposed to evalute whether or not a given algorithm is best suited for a given situation (although you have to be mindful of the fact it’s assuming the upper limit is infinity… which it never is unless you’re count spams sent to an email address).

]]> By: Lisa in NJ http://sweaterproject.org/2003/06/16/killing-the-buddha-with-genetic-algorithms/#comment-384 Lisa in NJ Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://droth.info/?p=81#comment-384 Very interesting entry; almost everything makes me think of cellos and knitting. It's curious how *musical* complex knitting is. Thank you for blogging on knitting and algorithms and Buddha...some of my favorite topics. If you meet the Buddha, say hi from me! Very interesting entry; almost everything makes me think of cellos and knitting. It’s curious how *musical* complex knitting is. Thank you for blogging on knitting and algorithms and Buddha…some of my favorite topics.

If you meet the Buddha, say hi from me!

]]> By: Kaetchen http://sweaterproject.org/2003/06/16/killing-the-buddha-with-genetic-algorithms/#comment-385 Kaetchen Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://droth.info/?p=81#comment-385 Art Teacher, who knows more about religion than anyone I know, used to tell me that in Buddhism, neither going to services nor observing classic tenets of the faith mattered; what's important is self-examination and independent decisions. Accepting the word of any boddhisatva or of the Buddha as a type of gospel was the surest way to delay nirvana and ensure another lifetime. In developmental psychology, the ability to tolerate uncertainty and moral relativism are considered signs of a higher level of maturation. Humans are blessed/cursed with the ability to choose: a blessing because we get to pick certain elements of our lives, a curse because we must then accept responsibility. Heavy stuff for a Monday morning. Art Teacher, who knows more about religion than anyone I know, used to tell me that in Buddhism, neither going to services nor observing classic tenets of the faith mattered; what’s important is self-examination and independent decisions. Accepting the word of any boddhisatva or of the Buddha as a type of gospel was the surest way to delay nirvana and ensure another lifetime.

In developmental psychology, the ability to tolerate uncertainty and moral relativism are considered signs of a higher level of maturation. Humans are blessed/cursed with the ability to choose: a blessing because we get to pick certain elements of our lives, a curse because we must then accept responsibility.

Heavy stuff for a Monday morning.

]]> By: David http://sweaterproject.org/2003/06/16/killing-the-buddha-with-genetic-algorithms/#comment-386 David Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://droth.info/?p=81#comment-386 There's a reason our sister is the theologist of the family. :-) There’s a reason our sister is the theologist of the family. :-)

]]> By: Matt Roth http://sweaterproject.org/2003/06/16/killing-the-buddha-with-genetic-algorithms/#comment-387 Matt Roth Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://droth.info/?p=81#comment-387 If Zen is finding the truth in yourself, and Buddah is truth, If you met yourself on the road, would suicide be the appropriate action? If Zen is finding the truth in yourself, and Buddah is truth, If you met yourself on the road, would suicide be the appropriate action?

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