tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12318668Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:25:24 +0000Artificial Intelligence-One Man's Quest could contain random musings about life, intelligence, programming, work, creativity, or virtually anything else that may be consequential to neuronal synaptic firing in the mind of one man, and may or may not have any bearing on reality to any other entity.http://ai-onemansquest.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Charles)Blogger189125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12318668.post-1345430160262764087Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:01:00 +00002009-10-16T00:01:02.531-04:00Writing55 Flash Fiction Friday55Tim and Sal Tim: "It's intriguing that authors can create entire histories in their fiction."Sal: "There are many worlds with life on them, many more that no longer have life on them.""What are you telling me?""That with the infinite number of worlds, fictions written, may not be fictions, but instead may be pasts nearly forgotten."http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtificialIntelligence-oneMansQuest/~3/Gs5S7siBmU4/55-flash-fiction-tim-sal-29.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)6http://ai-onemansquest.blogspot.com/2009/10/55-flash-fiction-tim-sal-29.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12318668.post-8641683187280902086Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:41:00 +00002009-10-15T18:49:01.923-04:00Questionable Business Practices I don't remember if I have complained in the past about the quality of service provided by BrightHouse, but if I have, I'd like to rescind any misgivings I may have had. I'd like instead to tell you about ComCast as an internet service provider.ComCast is CRAPTACULOUS! The level of service provided is far below what is reasonable to expect from anyone who should be allowed to stay in business. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtificialIntelligence-oneMansQuest/~3/Wob8RB5XtPI/craptaculous-comcast.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)2http://ai-onemansquest.blogspot.com/2009/10/craptaculous-comcast.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12318668.post-3778615289319011265Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:50:00 +00002009-10-04T07:50:32.911-04:00 I am now online from the lovely city I'm in. I don't know how permanent this connection will be, since its entirely wireless, but I'll try to maintain it.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtificialIntelligence-oneMansQuest/~3/_1LV6yiQVug/now-online.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)8http://ai-onemansquest.blogspot.com/2009/10/now-online.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12318668.post-1627979985987865312Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:01:00 +00002009-09-25T00:01:02.075-04:00Gratitude55 Flash Fiction Friday I think I may be falling in love. She's cool, and calm, everyone around here knows her. She has a smoothness and a beauty I'm beginning to take notice of and to appreciate. She reminds me of when I was younger, in another time, another place. I think I'm falling for this city.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtificialIntelligence-oneMansQuest/~3/xebh5qq0d4I/falling-in-fall.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)8http://ai-onemansquest.blogspot.com/2009/09/falling-in-fall.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12318668.post-3224215331427659492Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:18:00 +00002009-09-19T21:57:28.573-04:00ScriptingProgrammingPrayerGratitude55 Flash Fiction FridayWisheshuman Today marks the start of a new life for me. I'll be driving to a new city, starting a new job come Monday.I'm so happy to have met the people I have in my last two (simultaneous) jobs, I've met some great people.Please pray for me in my new life.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtificialIntelligence-oneMansQuest/~3/-ncWiUqCfPU/new-life.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)4http://ai-onemansquest.blogspot.com/2009/09/new-life.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12318668.post-1216174060702694002Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:20:00 +00002009-09-11T07:29:19.184-04:0055 Flash Fiction Friday55Tim and Sal"Why do your people seem to hate one another?" asked Sal."From what I can tell, they have mistaken ideas about what others think or believe," replied Tim."But aren't they for the most part monotheistic?" Sal inquired."Yes, for the most part modern societies are.""Your largest religions originated from the same family."http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtificialIntelligence-oneMansQuest/~3/T2xrUQTzY6E/55-flash-fiction-tim-sal-28.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)6http://ai-onemansquest.blogspot.com/2009/09/55-flash-fiction-tim-sal-28.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12318668.post-8996145045174246339Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:27:00 +00002009-09-06T19:23:29.687-04:00Sudoku Three missing numbers, whether from a row, column or square are found quite easily, by looking for two of them in a combination of either row, column or square. Example1 shows 3 squares (top-right, middle-left, middle-right) with 3 missing numbers each.Starting with the top-right square, 4-6-8 are needed. 8 is found in the 2nd row, 4 is found in the 9th column, therefore the cell in the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtificialIntelligence-oneMansQuest/~3/nOx4M1XbAVA/doing-example-sudoku.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)5http://ai-onemansquest.blogspot.com/2009/09/doing-example-sudoku.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12318668.post-9016830596455916476Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:01:00 +00002009-09-04T00:01:02.242-04:00Mind55 Flash Fiction FridayhumanSudoku, 9 rows, 9 columns, 9 squares of 9, nine digits each, 81 cells, count to nine its all logic. A square with 3 missing numbers allows location of a number without any of that number being on the board. 6 cells filled, he needed 3, 5, 9, which brought to mind "olive."How strange.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtificialIntelligence-oneMansQuest/~3/JjBlyu2GIVg/55-flash-fiction-more-synesthesia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)9http://ai-onemansquest.blogspot.com/2009/09/55-flash-fiction-more-synesthesia.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12318668.post-1798913556323758264Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:01:00 +00002009-08-28T00:01:00.578-04:00Gratitude55 Flash Fiction Friday55human She's taken more than any man could ever take. Her heart is so pure, so loving, and she sometimes feels like a bother.I reassure that she is what she so obviously is, in long conversations, their tangents and returns. She seems to need those. She doesn't know it is I, who am dependent.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtificialIntelligence-oneMansQuest/~3/WXjCSvZSwP0/55-flash-fiction-she-doesnt-know.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)9http://ai-onemansquest.blogspot.com/2009/08/55-flash-fiction-she-doesnt-know.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12318668.post-1650995372349377204Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:01:00 +00002009-08-21T00:01:02.498-04:00Writing55 Flash Fiction Friday55human When all the souls had made their choices of how their lives were to be, The Big One said to his assistant, "If we ever do another creation, remind me to let the souls know what it is they are choosing.""I'll write it down, so its not forgotten," replied Satan, crossing his fingers._________________________Now who noticed that "replied" is a superset of "lied?"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtificialIntelligence-oneMansQuest/~3/SoQdxbXZml8/wrapping-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)6http://ai-onemansquest.blogspot.com/2009/08/wrapping-up.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12318668.post-7508438981623936162Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:01:00 +00002009-08-14T00:01:01.813-04:00Writing55 Flash Fiction Friday55human The Big One asked, "This one, or that one?"The Little one indicated the one on the right.Again, "This one, or that one?"The left choice was indicated this time.Over and over, choices were given and made.Happiness over wealth, good over evil, beauty over plain, wisdom over ignorance...Thus, God was pleased.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtificialIntelligence-oneMansQuest/~3/cwZ8KbvX7EA/preparations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)4http://ai-onemansquest.blogspot.com/2009/07/preparations.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12318668.post-2348653004238531858Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:01:00 +00002009-08-07T00:01:00.320-04:00Gratitude55 Flash Fiction FridayHumorThorpadine. No meaning, context, memory or reason for it to pop into mind.Upon a web search, it returned nothing. The word, the thought, disturbed. Total nonsense, this Thorpadine. Not an element, compound, drug, flavor, process, or name. Nothing to have triggered the word's popping up.His thought was, "Be glad you didn't think it."http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtificialIntelligence-oneMansQuest/~3/c6-dX1WZ1jc/55-flash-fiction-thorpadine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)8http://ai-onemansquest.blogspot.com/2009/08/55-flash-fiction-thorpadine.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12318668.post-5687992564672972566Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:01:00 +00002009-07-31T00:01:00.422-04:00Writing55 Flash Fiction Friday55Tim and SalhumanTim: "OK, I've been looking at it wrong. All things considered, I guess it could be worse."Sal: "Its not that you've looked at anything wrong, just that your eyes have become accustomed to brightness. Now that things aren't as bright, you need to give your eyes a chance to open again."http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtificialIntelligence-oneMansQuest/~3/Chp65zLJtq0/55-flash-fiction-tim-sal-27.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)8http://ai-onemansquest.blogspot.com/2009/07/55-flash-fiction-tim-sal-27.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12318668.post-7957276918389066108Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:01:00 +00002009-07-24T00:01:00.134-04:00Writing55 Flash Fiction Friday55Tim and SalhumanTim: "Its bright out there, sunshine, reflections from the water, the sand, light refracting from the sky. Yet you're displaying a darkness that seems to emanate from you like light shines from a candle, casting a shadow around, against, above, and below everything in sight."Sal: "Even sunspots appear dark against the sun's surface."http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtificialIntelligence-oneMansQuest/~3/m-l3euPMNJs/55-flash-fiction-tim-sal-26.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)6http://ai-onemansquest.blogspot.com/2009/07/55-flash-fiction-tim-sal-26.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12318668.post-1536360056480994271Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:41:00 +00002009-07-23T21:45:52.192-04:00Public DomainFilmsLibrary of CongressDid you know that you can see many old films for free? The Library of Congress, I guess they may have some sort of value after all, huh?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtificialIntelligence-oneMansQuest/~3/XKWIjQUQxO4/superman-popeye-and-others.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)1http://ai-onemansquest.blogspot.com/2009/07/superman-popeye-and-others.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12318668.post-7322568223220809596Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:34:00 +00002009-07-14T18:34:21.716-04:00ScriptingProgrammingWritingOnline ToolBetter Blogging55 Flash Fiction FridaySome of you may remember my post about my Flash Fiction counter.It has been pointed out that hyphenated words and contractions like "can't" and "don't" should be counted as two words. Not all words with an apostrophe should be counted as two though, as possessives like "America's" would still be a single word.Originally I figured since no one had made a determination about how those cases should http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtificialIntelligence-oneMansQuest/~3/JiyaB6FwC6o/return-to-ai-55ff.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)3http://ai-onemansquest.blogspot.com/2009/07/return-to-ai-55ff.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12318668.post-596769476364065466Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:01:00 +00002009-07-09T04:27:48.496-04:00FriendsFamilyThanksgiving ThursdayGratitude55WisheshumanThere are blessings we overlook almost everyday, family and friends. Those who help us, and those who actually care.Those who change us for the better without ever raising their voices, with just their demeanor, attitudes and kindness. Those who do not bully, but show us in their own way.Thank God for these blessings.___________________Its a 55, but not fiction, rather a Thanksgiving, so I'll http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtificialIntelligence-oneMansQuest/~3/qekmPcDROJc/blessings-and-thankfulness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)4http://ai-onemansquest.blogspot.com/2009/07/blessings-and-thankfulness.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12318668.post-1373254463633869527Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:58:00 +00002009-06-21T10:16:03.602-04:00PrayerWishesIt's Father's Day. I'm here alone in my apartment, missing my only reason for being a father. God, I miss my daughter. I wish I could have forged stronger bonds with her, that I could have conveyed to her how much I love her. I wish I could have been better, as a role model and as a friend. I wish that things could have been that when I pass on that she would be left with a legacy that would http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtificialIntelligence-oneMansQuest/~3/nDScn6OiW2k/fathers-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)4http://ai-onemansquest.blogspot.com/2009/06/fathers-day.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12318668.post-8285183747801551597Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:01:00 +00002009-07-19T10:00:20.314-04:00Writing55 Flash Fiction Friday55PoliticalTim and Salhuman"150 days in office and Obama is already faced with partisan politics, as the right-wing always does. People's lives are at stake, and these heartless jerks block all attempts to help!""Any group producing mouthpieces like this Limbaugh and Coulter without argument, can't truly be concerned for what is important to the people's lives, Tim."http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtificialIntelligence-oneMansQuest/~3/T5YE-q3wPA8/55-flash-fiction-tim-sal-25.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)6http://ai-onemansquest.blogspot.com/2009/06/55-flash-fiction-tim-sal-25.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12318668.post-9203246455969001018Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:01:00 +00002009-07-19T09:59:59.163-04:00PrayerWritingGratitude55 Flash Fiction Friday55Tim and SalWisheshumanSal: "Heavenly Father, Holy and blessed is your name.All as you wish.Please provide our needs.Forgive us as we forgive.Help us to avoid evil.Everything is yours, always.Amen."Tim: "Amen. An abbreviated modern form of the Lord's Prayer..."Sal: "Yes, something to remind us to be better than what we might."_____________________I hope it helps us towards that. I have to offer a prayer, and hope and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtificialIntelligence-oneMansQuest/~3/j1dJe4EWkHY/55-flash-fiction-tim-sal-24.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)4http://ai-onemansquest.blogspot.com/2009/06/55-flash-fiction-tim-sal-24.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12318668.post-8757445347790271029Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:40:00 +00002009-06-06T15:46:01.949-04:00GratitudeThank God for indications of an upturn. I just hope its not too little or too late. No thanks to the village idiot from Texas, whose spending without regard for where the money comes from got us into this mess.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtificialIntelligence-oneMansQuest/~3/b-BnyQIClOk/thank-god-for-good-news.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)1http://ai-onemansquest.blogspot.com/2009/06/thank-god-for-good-news.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12318668.post-6611160121974081728Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:01:00 +00002009-07-19T10:00:20.315-04:00Writing55 Flash Fiction Friday55PoliticalTim and SalhumanSal: "Animals are self-centered. Societies have individuals working together for mutual benefit, even for outsiders."Tim: "What about businesses? They have individuals working towards a common cause."Sal: "Businesses are automatons, serving few, mostly themselves."Tim: "Churches?"Sal: "Businesses."Tim: "Unions?"Sal: "Businesses."Tim: "Governments?"Sal: "Some are societies."Tim: "And the others?"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtificialIntelligence-oneMansQuest/~3/A-e5F0-pi7w/55-flash-fiction-tim-sal-23.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)3http://ai-onemansquest.blogspot.com/2009/06/55-flash-fiction-tim-sal-23.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12318668.post-5838098352301729195Fri, 29 May 2009 04:01:00 +00002009-07-19T10:00:20.315-04:00Writing55 Flash Fiction Friday55Tim and SalWisheshumanTim: "People are worried, scared, suffering, losing hope."In times like these, one must remember, "Where there's life, there's hope; and one must hang on to that hope and life with whatever means necessary, tooth and nail, so to speak.""Hope goes a long way to counter the effects of depression, whether emotional or economic."______________________________I wanted to give folks hope, I hope this http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtificialIntelligence-oneMansQuest/~3/gOWZHJBPmcU/55-flash-fiction-tim-sal-22.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)10http://ai-onemansquest.blogspot.com/2009/05/55-flash-fiction-tim-sal-22.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12318668.post-5038988150662238916Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:01:00 +00002009-07-19T10:00:20.315-04:00Writing55 Flash Fiction Friday55Tim and SalhumanSal: "You hold to life, despite all circumstances. Respect dictates that you should do the same for engineered life forms."Tim: "People have been known to sacrifice their lives for the sake of others'.""Species survival above all else?""In the hope that things will be better for the survivors.""Enigmatically shortsighted, while ultimately prudent."http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtificialIntelligence-oneMansQuest/~3/s2PnEZKQDDA/55-flash-fiction-tim-sal-21.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)9http://ai-onemansquest.blogspot.com/2009/04/55-flash-fiction-tim-sal-21.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12318668.post-201553836010682515Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:01:00 +00002009-07-19T10:00:20.316-04:00Writing55 Flash Fiction Friday55Tim and Salhuman"If we engineered a life form that can breed with ourselves, then I suppose there is no difference," stated Tim."So, their lives would be as precious as your own.""Well yes, as precious. Either their lives would be valuable as our own, or it could mean ours is as expendable as their lives are."http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ArtificialIntelligence-oneMansQuest/~3/r3IqwbuiaXI/55-flash-fiction-tim-sal-20.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)5http://ai-onemansquest.blogspot.com/2009/04/55-flash-fiction-tim-sal-20.html