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Elements of artificial intelligence already exist. An important aspect of human intelligence is pattern recognition. For example, understanding language involves the recognition of audio patterns. There are many systems that are dependent on pattern recognition. There are computer systems that...

Why have all great empires collapsed? Is there a fundamental reason? There are no exceptions. Every great empire has failed. Rome, Han, Inca, British, they are gone. America is an empire. Financially, culturally, militarily, and technologically: America is an empire. What will happen to the...

Not much doubt of that. But as it turned out, the Hornet's Nest, where peach blossoms fell on the living and the dead, held long enough. That day, the Southern soldiers found out that there were also brave, determined men in the Northern Army. Had Albert Sydney Johnson not been killed at Shiloh...

No we are not referring to "Nationa Parks." See map below. Fuel efficient cars will be good, but that still leaves us dependent on foreign oil. We must develop what we have. We must reduce the foreign policy distortions that result from the West's energy dependency on the Middle East and Russia...

In the "solutions" section of the article, nothing was mentioned about oil shale and coal gasification. Why?

Was not Lee’s order to "secure possession of the heights...if practicable" given to Ewell, not AP Hill? I agree that the subsequent hesitation cost the Confederates their advantage and Lee needed to reposition the army as Longstreet recommended and you outlined above. Longstreet was the only...

One hundred forty-five years ago today there was a seminal moment in American history. It was a moment upon which everything turned. It was Lee’s desperate gamble. It was the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg: "For every southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants...

Happy Birthday, Jillian.

Today, at 23:59 UTC, summer will officially begin. UTC is "Coordinated Universal Time," and is almost the same as GMT, "Greenwich Mean Time," the mean solar time at the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London. This means that summer in 2008 will begin today near 19:59 EDT and 16:59 PDT. Here's...

Where is the link for this copied and pasted "material?"

Well, you are right about recent left knee arthroscopic surgery. But it was minor and occurred about two months ago. During rehab from that is when he developed the micro-fractures in his left tibia. Anyway, the surgery two months ago was not meant to fix the ACL. The doctors did not want him to...

Torn ACL and micro fractures in his left leg. He played the US Open against his doctor's advice. During and after play he made zero excuses. He explained bad shots by saying he made bad swings. He did not say, as he could have, that he had a ruptured ACL and two micro fractures in his tibia. He...

Concerning the perception of America, there is a significant difference between the current French leadership and the general population. Nevertheless, relations between France and America have improved. The current relationship is quite a distance from the "Axis of Weasel:" Why do the French...

Now that would be some interesting software.

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