gym, and catching up with friends

I had a reasonably good workout, then went down to the Greenmarket, where I got tomatoes, peaches, and two-and-a-half pounds of the tiny, sweet yellow plums I like: a lot, but I suspect we're near the end of availability, so I wanted plenty.

Then I walked over to visit with porcinea, who plied me with chocolate cake (as defined in the South--yellow cake with chocolate icing), butter cookies, lots of tea, and conversation about dialect, pregnancy plans, and other things that were on our minds. Also a chance to see Trouble, the pretty-boy long-haired cat.

From there, I went downtown to visit eleanor, who had let me invite myself to dinner, and then added other company. That was also a chance to see roadnotes and baldanders, as well as Eleanor's older stepdaughter, Betsy, and HB. Betsy has a delightful new kitten, Sevi, a fearless, affectionate beast who I suspect I am allergic to.

( gym numbers )

gym, and catching up with friends

I had a reasonably good workout, then went down to the Greenmarket, where I got tomatoes, peaches, and two-and-a-half pounds of the tiny, sweet yellow plums I like: a lot, but I suspect we're near the end of availability, so I wanted plenty.

Then I walked over to visit with porcinea, who plied me with chocolate cake (as defined in the South--yellow cake with chocolate icing), butter cookies, lots of tea, and conversation about dialect, pregnancy plans, and other things that were on our minds. Also a chance to see Trouble, the pretty-boy long-haired cat.

From there, I went downtown to visit eleanor, who had let me invite myself to dinner, and then added other company. That was also a chance to see roadnotes and baldanders, as well as Eleanor's older stepdaughter, Betsy, and HB. Betsy has a delightful new kitten, Sevi, a fearless, affectionate beast who I suspect I am allergic to.

( gym numbers )

hints of artificial intelligence

Last night, the National Weather Service's Webpage included a discussion of Hurricane Fabian that said, in effect (I don't remember the exact wording) "it's not clear why the forecasting models say X, but we'll accept it."

Our software is starting to know things that the human experts don't. That's a step toward AI, and a useful one: machines that can do something valuable that humans can't do ourselves, namely predict how hurricanes will behave.

hints of artificial intelligence

Last night, the National Weather Service's Webpage included a discussion of Hurricane Fabian that said, in effect (I don't remember the exact wording) "it's not clear why the forecasting models say X, but we'll accept it."

Our software is starting to know things that the human experts don't. That's a step toward AI, and a useful one: machines that can do something valuable that humans can't do ourselves, namely predict how hurricanes will behave.

QOTD

"Google is merely the thumb-index of the Necronomicon." — John M. Ford (in Making Light)

QOTD

"Google is merely the thumb-index of the Necronomicon." — John M. Ford (in Making Light)