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IBM hearts “complex math”

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Okay, everybody try not to laugh when you read the quote from this Network World article:

Big Blue this week said its researchers had created specialized algorithms to help model and manage natural disasters such as wildfires, floods and diseases…. The model allows all unforeseen challenges to be solved, mostly within an hour, and has very good scalability that promises to gracefully manage even larger models in the future.

It’s good to know that in Magic Future Kingdom we’ll be able to solve all unforeseen challenges within an hour. That’ll make our lives a lot easier.

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Written by Paul Currion

April 8th, 2008 at 7:10 am

6 Responses to 'IBM hearts “complex math”'

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  1. Arise, Skynet

    Tom Longley

    8 Apr 08 at 7:43

  2. Obviously they haven’t read “The Black Swan” yet.

    Kevin

    8 Apr 08 at 14:16

  3. Not just known unknowns, but solved unknowns!

    Nigel Snoad

    8 Apr 08 at 15:26

  4. Bloody hell. I’m out of a job.

    Sanjana Hattotuwa

    10 Apr 08 at 7:42

  5. [...] 10, 2008 From Paul Currion comes a pointer to this tragi-comic article on IBM’s latest discovery – complex algorithm that solve all [...]

  6. For some reason I am immediately reminded of IBM’s own Innovation Man.”

    Michael

    11 Apr 08 at 3:00

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