In the days when Sussman was a novice Minsky once came to him as he sat
hacking at the PDP-6. "What are you doing?", asked Minsky. "I am
training a randomly wired neural net to play Tic-Tac-Toe." "Why is the
net wired randomly?", asked Minsky. "I do not want it to have any
preconceptions of how to play." Minsky shut his eyes. "Why do you
close your eyes?", Sussman asked his teacher. "So the room will be
empty." At that moment, Sussman was enlightened.
Bob Log III ROCKS!
C & I went to see Bob Log III last night (Apr. 25th 09), there were a few old friends I haven't seen in a while there. On the way in I bumped into the Rev. John Jay Korvette who was on super secret security duty, he asked us if we'd like to meet him - " HELL YEAH " C & I replied, so we went into his VIP room hung out and had a beer with him before the gig- he loves his beer! - He was killer and ripped the hell out of that guitar.... he'll be back in the summer. C was in awe!
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Someday man should learn how to enjoy liberty without license, nourishment without gluttony, and pleasure without debauchery. Self-control is a better human policy of behavior regulation than is extreme self-denial.