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http://chicagoist.com/2014/09/... When a computer can figure out what this is, then we will have true strong AI. Its a perspective never seen in the movie, so feeding it every frame wouldn't help. A computer would have to 'think laterally' to come up with the correct answer.

Every_single_day there are stories published about people being murdered with guns in Chicago. If you were keeping up with current events, you wouldn't have to ask for proof of that.

http://mic.com/articles/127842...

http://chicagoist.com/2013/01/...

http://america.aljazeera.com/w...

http://www.chicagomag.com/Chic...

Now, presuming that those links satisfy your need for a citation - let me ask something. Can you point to any instance of prohibition in this country that has worked? Prohibition of alcohol and Chicago added up to an Al Capone. Prohibition of cannabis and Chicago adds up to hundreds of millions of dollars in cannabis trade, annually. Prohibition of firearms and Chicago adds up to thousands of dead people, annually.

Get rid of stupid damned laws, and let the people sort it out. A law abiding citizen will seldom use his weapon in an unacceptable manner. A crook will often use his weapon inappropriately. Sooner or later, the crook will meet a law abiding citizen who is armed, willing and able to put the crook in his grave. Eventually, all but the very stupidest people will figure out that a life of crime always results in being shot.

Dump the stupid laws. Chicago is incapable of enforcing any kind of prohibition - so give the guns to law abiding people!

You may have a lower property tax bill, but your 10% sales tax is ridiculous. Combine that with city penalties such as the corruption tax, insurance fees, parking, wear and tear on your car and your body that city life brings, and it's about equal - not to mention the square footage you get for the dollar.

I've never had an easier time justifying voting for the lesser of two evils as I have this Presidential election. Why? Because I live in Wisconsin and over the last year have seen first hand what their game plan is if they get control of the Legislative and Executive branches. The state that once elected "Fighting" Bob Lafollette is having it's collective bargaining rights dismantled, a slew of theocratic Christian bullshit shoved down our throats, bills introduced declaring single-mothers are abusing their children, and the repeal of the Equal Pay Enforcement Act, among many other repugnant things.

Democrats are just as owned by big business as the Republicans, but at least they're not trying to actively roll back civil rights in this country. I'll do damn near anything to prevent that shit from occurring on the national stage...

What are you talking about? The hackers are "possibly from abroad"! This is serious! Why would the article author use such a blatantly sensationalist subclause if it weren't serious?! Especially when the last time this was claimed turned out to be exactly what you're describing!

This is really about entitlement. The US was founded based on the idea that birth did not define one's future. This was basically started in England with the Civil list and the Magna Carter in which the lesser aristocrats said the the King and his family did not deserve all the money and control simply by the fact they were born royal, that god did not in fact endow them with special privileges. This continued to the Americas where wealthy briton living here diid not think there were inferior to the aristocrats in England, and set up a new country to prove it.

And now we have a new aristocracy, people who think by birth they deserve a job, and toys, and a cool place to live, and a big car. They don't want to take the time to educate themselves, or work for it. Look at the Tea Party whining that the government won't give them jobs. This is not the party of Reagan and the welfare queen, where if one didn't have a job that was a personal failing, not a government problem. No, we have Hobbits that are used to six meals a day, and now that times are rough, they do not blame themselves for being uneducated and lazy, they do not leave the shire and take risks to better themselves, no they sit there and cry.

This would be easily solved if the entitlement of birth were taken away. Every child in this country should have equal access to education and housing and food and health care. But maybe adults who don't want work should not receive citizenship. Maybe the US would be better off if those like the tea party who don't want to work, don't want support their children, don't want to part of the political process of the US, would not earn the right to be American. It is a complex issue, this entitlement. Look at Romney. His great grandfather emigrated to mexico. His grandfather basically lived as mexican, his father lived in mexico, but because the family travled back to the US so their kids could be born, they are not considered mexican, and Romney is eligible to be President. Now, these are hard working people so I have no problem with them pretending to have allegiance to the US, but the Tea Party is not based on work, it is based on perceived entitlement of the white race. Obama, whose mother is a US citizen is not qualified for president, but Romney who is for all intents and purposes a Mexican is?

Not to mention prior art. This Phillip K. Dick robot is both bearded and non-Japanese:

http://chicagoist.com/2005/06/24/now_seriously_android_do_you_dream_of_electric_sheep.php

I doubt they'd have you sleep in the bunks on the uboat... but temperature isn't really an issue. The entire sub is inside a giant enclosure now and it doesn't get to be 100 degrees when it's hot out.

The coolest part of this is that they say you'll have access to the normally off-limits stores of stuff, and presumably they'll have people live in the Green (like, ecologically neutral) house there. It's pretty pimp.

http://chicagoist.com/2008/05/07/green_can_be_go.php

Our discussion boils down to two points:

* Cost

If return-on-investment is not a valid measure, what is? $500 billion dollars (more, with stateside spending) has cost >3000 more lives and has not made us any safer. Partly, we are not safer because the US was already very safe; mostly, Iraq has proved to not have any WMDs or sponsorship of terror, and the resulting chaos has fomented Islamic fundamentalism and terror.

* Rights

These are the facts at the federal level:

- Habeas corpus was suspended at a time without civil unrest. It's black letter in the Constitution, and the Supreme Court did grant the writ over the objections over the administration.

- The NSA surveilled US citizens without a warrant. The court ruled that it violated the First and Fourth Amendments; the ruling is stayed pending appeal.

- The US obtained private telecommunications data without a warrant. The court ruled that the relevant section of the PATRIOT act is unconstitutional, again because it violated the First and Fourth Amendments.

- As discussed, Real ID legislation has passed and merely awaits funding; to date, Bush has received funding for all his domestic security initiatives (TSA, DHS, etc.).

And changes at the local and state levels:

- NYC considered a ban on subway photography for reasons of terrorism (read the article). Even though the MTA relented, there have been incidents of MTA cops harassing photographers.

NYC has had filming permit process for 40+ years, however it's not coincidence that Rakesh Sharma was harassed only last year. This is not even counting the Nepali who was thrown in solitary for 3 months for accidentally photographing an FBI office.

- Similar harassment on the CTA.

- More on the harassment of street photographers.

- Last, but not least, the Ohio Patriot Act, which has clear violations of the First and Fifth Amendments.

http://www.chicagoist.com/archives/2006/11/16/crai gslist_lawsuit_dissed_dismissed.php

This sort of thing has been happening to people in Chicago that are attempting to photograph the Cloud Gate (aka bean, aka big blob of mercury) sculpture in Millenium Park. Apparently some overzealous security guards have been kicking photographers out of the (public) space because of copyright violations(?) and a lack of permit. This is despite city policy that only requires permits to be obtained by professional photographers. I'm not sure what the claim of copyright violation is all about; sure the plans for the sculpture are copyrighted, but I don't know how you can copyright a physical location that's accessible by the public. More information is available here.

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