Examples of why CleverBot is stupid and retarded

The makers of CleverBot appear enamored with their bit of software.  CleverBot is claimed to be rated at 59% human with regard to the Turing test.  A computer would pass the Turing test if, during a natural language conversation, the computer’s responses would be indistinguishable from that of a human being.

The reason CleverBot’s makers [...]

Solar is Our Only Viable Energy Source

It seems pretty obvious to me that the future of energy on our planet is solar.  We are effectively a closed system with only one energy input, our sun.  All energy on Earth is ultimately sourced from the sun or other stars (in the case of radioactive elements).

Wind is just a less efficient [...]

The 7 Most Expensive Items on Amazon.com

A friend and I were discussing online shopping when we started wondering what the most expensive item sells for on Amazon.  I couldn’t figure out just exactly how to obtain this information, so I started running likely searches on Amazon to see what I could come up with.  It turned into a little game.

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Combine Warcraft with the free building of Minecraft

The first company that can combine the appeal of Warcraft (art, lore, polish, achievement) with the free building addiction of Minecraft (freedom, creativity, simplicity) will rule the world.  Imagine a game set in a Warcraft-like universe with excellent art and a huge user population.  Now imagine that you can construct and build and take [...]