favourite function

[babalu1997]

Alright, exponential function is right up there in second place, but it was not on the list???

of course not, albert bartlett said the greatest shortcoming of humankind is its inability to undertand the exponetial function

 

no one likes it :)

[gwnn]

0 is a function? Now I've seen everything.

Hungry? That's a country? I heard of Turkey, but Hungry?

[mike777]

http://www.kurzweilai.net/articles/art0134.html?printable=1

 

 

 

An analysis of the history of technology shows that technological change is exponential, contrary to the common-sense "intuitive linear" view.

 

 

So we won't experience 100 years of progress in the 21st century -- it will be more like 20,000 years of progress (at today's rate). The "returns," such as chip speed and cost-effectiveness, also increase exponentially.

 

 

 

Within a few decades, machine intelligence will surpass human intelligence, leading to The Singularity -- technological change so rapid and profound it represents a rupture in the fabric of human history. The implications include the merger of biological and nonbiological intelligence, immortal software-based humans, and ultra-high levels of intelligence that expand outward in the universe at the speed of light.

[kenberg]

And traffic jams that stretch to the moon, no doubt.

[gwnn]

mike*exp^(0.33112c), c=date in centuries

 

 

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/818/plotb.gif

[ggwhiz]

Anything with an open bar.

[Winstonm]

Anything with an open bar.

Ahhh..shecond thaat...

[pooltuna]

http://www.kurzweilai.net/articles/art0134.html?printable=1

 

 

 

An analysis of the history of technology shows that technological change is exponential, contrary to the common-sense "intuitive linear" view.

 

 

So we won't experience 100 years of progress in the 21st century -- it will be more like 20,000 years of progress (at today's rate). The "returns," such as chip speed and cost-effectiveness, also increase exponentially.

 

 

 

Within a few decades, machine intelligence will surpass human intelligence, leading to The Singularity -- technological change so rapid and profound it represents a rupture in the fabric of human history. The implications include the merger of biological and nonbiological intelligence, immortal software-based humans, and ultra-high levels of intelligence that expand outward in the universe at the speed of light.

you've been reading a lot of Vernor Vinge's works I see :D

[Rossoneri]

Weierstrass FTW.

[mgoetze]

t |-> exp(-t^2/2)/sqrt(2pi) anyone?

[hanp]

mike777 = constant.

[helene_t]

mike777 = constant.

I thought it was "jdonn <> change his mind" ?

 

Anyway I voted cosine for the same reason. Might have voted exponential when I was young and idealistic.

[hanp]

Cosine? You are not that old yet.

[kenberg]

Applying California election rules, I conclude that we should have a run-off between "WTF" and "something else".