2.14.2011

Happy Valentine's Day

To all who happen by and all the ships at sea. I hope you spent or are spending your evening with someone you love.

5 comments:

Jared said...

Same to you, my friend; I spent the weekend with my wonderful girlfriend of just over four years, but due to the logistics of us working far apart, tonight was not possible. I must say the current economy is not very kind to such romantic holidays for us.

I do still hope you have a wonderful evening.

Pliny-the-in-Between said...

Thanks Jared, I did indeed have a great evening with my extraordinary wife of 19 years and my daughter. We cooked - and ate, a great feast together. I hope the new year brings you more possibilities to be with your special someone.

Big Mark 243 said...

Glad that you spent your V-day with all that love around you..!

GearHedEd said...

Pliny,

What's your take on the "Watson Wins on Jeopardy" thing?

Pliny-the-in-Between said...

GHed, It certainly is a step up from Deep Blue. I'll actually be meeting with some of these guys soon on a different project. It's an impressive achievement that shows how far syntax analysis can take you. The practical utility of it of course remains to be seen. IBM has always taken a more 'classicist' approach to AI so it will be interesting.