I trained my computer to shut down whenever the temperature outside is over 40 degrees, when i am away from it for over 20 minutes. I have also trained it to download all content that has the word "artificial life" in it. I have only been able to train my dog to bark when i say "bark." Is my computer more intelligent than my dog?
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Your dog is way more intelligent than your computer. even if you look at only the bare computing power.\nA brain cell can work at a huge speed were as even a large computer can only work relitivly slow.\nHowever computers can get faster the more you link, just like brain cells.\nBrain cells have sveral states of being, a computer (cell) has two on and off or 1 and 0 as in binery using things we call logic gates. we can programme a computer to have a third state and this is the basis of fuzy logic, this is as close as we can come to how the brain works.\n\nwe use fuzy logic every day, thats why we are able to say Yes (1 or on) No (0 or off) and maby (fuzy)\neven a small insect can do that. \n\nhowever a dog is a lot smarter because it has a lot more small computers (brain cells) able to communicate a lot faster as its brain, if we tryed to build a network of computers able to make even 10% of that it would slow down as we reached the limit the amout of computers you can fit on a network. we could maby make 10000 computers but our dog has 10000000000 brain cells.\n\nThen you have the problem of memory retrival systems, power delivery ect. a computer is a very very very dumb beast.\nMind you it can spell so in one respect its better than me :)
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yes because the computer actually turns off. hibernation just means that the ram is written on the hard drive, later the system can be restored to the state it was in when hibernating, so that programs can continue executing as if nothing happened.
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Just some thoughts:  In general, the answer is NO.  But, it is possible for you to have a private virus that you unknowingly installed by clicking yes to some pop-up\nwindow.  The virus was written by the person on the chat and\nmade just for you.  It examines your cookie folder for\nsome certain bit of information and when it finds it, it does what it was supposed to trigger, such as shutdown your\ncomputer, etc.  This is just a hypothetical example.\nA true expert can do just about anything.\n\nBy the way, to "boot" your computer means to start it, not\n"shut-off" or "freeze" your computer.  There are systems\nfor starting computer remotely, but you need to have configured them yourself and have a motherboard that supports that feature.
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Listen...you have a serious problem on your hands.  98.666 is the temperature of the beast.  I give you 98.666 days to live.  By the way, get to a church and sprinkle some holy water on yourself quick before the devil realizes what's going on.  Trust me...this is serious.
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our brain is indeed greater than the computer and yet we cannot remember all the things a computer does, and that is because we are humans but bear in mind that humans are the ones invented the computer and it also takes humans to operate the computer... without the human's brain.. who invented electricity, how will the computer function... furthermore... there are times when a computer overload and can no longer function but human brains can take a whole lifetime of learnings... so tell me, do you think the computer is greater than our own brains... i am grateful God gave me a brain to operate my computer and now i am here to answer your question... cheers
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Sounds like something running in the background....I dont know why people insist on running programs they aint using! They hog system rescources, mainly ram! Ram is an area of memory that does the actual running of your software. To make it simple....say you have 128 megs of ram. You have a game that requires 64 megs to run...you also have weatherbug, yahoo messenger, and god knows whatelse also sharing this ram and using another 100 megs. What do you suppose happens? CLOSE ALL that bullshit down! Stop some of that crap from running on startup! You will be MUCH happier with the way your system runs!
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You have a virus. It won't shut down because the virus prohibits the computer from being turned off. This is to corrupt data and transmit if you have any Internet connection. Please check your computer for a potential virus. It's best to be safe than sorry.
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Sorry, folks, we try so hard to keep her on a leash.  She just keeps getting loose.  This happens every time she gets near a computer.  Her doctor told us to keep a close eye on her but it is hard to do 24 hours a day.  Hey grannywinkie!!!
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I always believed that when a computer hibernates, it almost completely shuts down after taking a shot of what's being worked on to the hard drive. All the programs close, etc. (and in turn, they start back up once you finish "booting" back up again from hibernation), so because the computer is essentially "off," any CD or digital music playing off of the computer would not continue to play since the programs running it would be shut down.
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No computers work BETTER in the cold.  In the early days they all had to so air conditioned you keep beer cold
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Uh, "Genius Dude", your computer is apparently smarter than you are. Your CPU has a grand total of zero capacity for storing things. if you want to burn things so that they stay within the tiny little box on your desk that beeps, use WMP or, better yet, AdvancedX, which is available for download.
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Besides adding/reconfiguring fans, or removing/reapplying thermal paste to your processor,  I would STRONGLY advise using CPUidle.  This small program runs in the background and tells your computer to "relax" when you are not doing something on it, or are just using it to do basic things.  \nIt basically keeps your cpu occupied when it isn't doing power tasks and thus LOWERS the cpu temperature DRAMATICALLY!  I use it on both my desktop and notebook, cause remember, the lower the temp the longer life you will get out of your processor!  Try it!
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Heat isn't a problem for computer equipment until it gets above ~160°F. Whether it's turned off or not doesn't make much difference to the silicon. Humidity, on the other hand, can make a mess of a computer quite fast.
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omg 20 degrees!! We are at 17 degrees right now. I LOVE DOGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I can understand the results of the research but in answer to your question, no I don't think so. Way into the future I can well imagine SOME people using robotic hounds as a substitute though. Mostly those with little time. The neopets craze a few years ago indicated how attached kids can get to an inanimate object. A few reduced to tears when they failed to "feed" the thing and it "died".  As a dog owner I am glad I do not belong in any generation that has to rely on battery power for emotional stimuli.
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They can't know, just like we can't.  \n\nThey may be able to read cues and clues like we do, but they are not prognosticators.  \n\nGenerally plants and animals are adapted to the area they live in, and know how to prepare either from experience or even genetic cues.  Also, they always seem to prepare for the worst.  I've seen trees in warm California lose there leaves because they thought winter was coming.  It was, but they could have easily grown through the mild winter.  They were a species adapted to a different climate.\n\nGood question.  It shows you're thinking about your world!
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AOL uses this device as a safety measure just in case you forget that you are still online. If there is no account activity after 45 minutes then AOL will kick you off as you found out. To my knowledge, there is no fix for this. It has been their security device for more than 5 years now and its part of their own AOL program. I used AOL ten years ago, and I remember they had this feature, but I guess they extended the time limit on it because when I used to have AOL, they kicked me off after 15 minutes.\n\nI am pretty sure though, that there is a macro program out there that will make AOL think you are still active. You definitely need a macro job for this that makes your computer do active things while you are away from keyboard.