Code stuff
Happy Birthday Delphi!
Delphi was the first real developer tool for Windows which I knew how to use and enjoyed to use it! I started with 1.0 and used until 4.0, those were really nice times :)
Windows Debugger: Part 1
Charles Simony & Intentional Software
AI
The machine that invents.
How adding a little nois to a neural network can result creative ideas.
From STLToday - “His first patent was for a Device for the Autonomous Generation of Useful Information," the official name of the Creativity Machine, Miller said. "His second patent was for the Self-Training Neural Network Object. Patent Number Two was invented by Patent Number One. Think about that. Patent Number Two was invented by Patent Number One!"
Can technology build a better Buffett?
(Business 2.0) - If ever there were a field in which machine intelligence seemed destined to replace human brainpower, the stock market would have to be it. Investing is the ultimate numbers game, after all, and when it comes to crunching numbers, silicon beats gray matter every time.
L-Systems Tutorial Using Java
Generation5 - Lindenmeyer Systems (or L-Systems) are ways of recursively representing geometric shapes. Most interestingly though, L-Systems can be used to represent quite realistic natural shapes, like fern leaves and shapes. This article will look at how L-Systems works, and how they can be recursively expanded to increase the complexity and depth of the shape. These concepts will be demonstrated through the Java applets below.