I'm not sure it matters though. I'm not convinced machine intelligence is capable of self-awareness.
Why not? As biologists have pointed out, we're simply biochemical/electrical machines... and I'm pretty sure I'm me, not you, so we could call me self-aware...
A copyright holder can charge on any basis they damn well want. Either you have a valid fair use case, and can ignore them, or you don't, and have ZERO RIGHT to use their work without tehir say-so.
What if it's a book of phrases in the public domain? Even better, what if it's something you've produced, like a talk or lecture as part of a seminar? Limiting the spread of information is not in the best interest of the public it's supposed to serve.
As for point #2, you've just doomed us all; we're all criminals. Did you have a particular segment of criminal in mind instead? If so, where do you draw the line? Reminds me of an old story I read about torture. Started with a bunch of people conscripted into the role of torturer for use in high risk cases. They're horrified at the beginning, but by the end of the story they're handling misdemeanor stuff, and are inured to the "messier" parts of their jobs. The story ends with the guy that recruited 'em first bein' on the table. They got all eager.
Can't remember the name of the story, but I always felt it was a good reminder of the "slippery slope" problem... especially considering recent events.
Since this is a closed environment for a scientific study, it would make sense for them to use viruses which spread via exploits that they know are present.
Captain Obvious here... If they create the exploits and viruses themselves, they might have a pretty good idea of the infection vectors. It doesn't have to be what's in the wild now. Even better that it NOT be; after all, Robert Morris didn't expect his worm to replicate as far as it did, either...
Hate to play the part of Captain Obvious, but the article you linked to seems to indicate that those "afflicted" react to fake EM fields, too. Not very convincing...
Personally, I'd love to see ALL corporate lobbying and donations to political figures banned outright, if just for the fact that corporations don't vote. Why should their interests be represented over ours?
{Yes, I KNOW it's not likely, but it's a pleasant thought, no?}
Sometimes PhDs seem a little bit arrogant when they demand to be called "Doctor" rather than "Mister", but if you think about how much of their life they dedicated to studying and becoming a true expert in a field, it is quite reasonable to treat them with deference.
My rear it is.
They didn't spend "much of their life learning" any more than the rest of us. Most of us learn something new every day, but you don't see most of us patting ourselves on the back. While the medical profession is a honorable field, it doesn't give someone carte blanche to be a douche. I'll treat 'em with the same respect they treat me... and I'll extend that to what I choose to call 'em as well.
If all you do is rely on "god" and your animal instinct, then hell, this is exactly what is driving suicide bombers to blow themselves up.
What amazes me is how quickly people tell my "my" religion is suggesting I kill people for God. MY spiritual beliefs ask me not to kill 'less I'm directly physically threatened, and even then, I've gotta be pretty darn careful I don't miss and hit a neighbor with a round. Animal instincts are nice for gut-level reactions to situations, but you've takin' it pretty far to believe that's all a Christian/Muslim/Hindu/Buddhist/etc would rely on. Heck, were they running on instinct, they'd be AVOIDING death, wouldn't they?
I hear that argument often, and Dawkins harped on it a lot in The God Delusion... which makes about as much sense as painting all atheists as acting like O'Hair was reputed to {by her son}. I won't argue with an agnostic/atheist finding inspiration in Darwin or elsewhere if they stop griping where I find it from.
One thing I can assure you: "My" God doesn't ask me to kill people, and if he ever did, I'd be checking myself into the nearest funny farm.
I tried that routine a couple times but failed miserably. I bought two PS2 games and tried to play them online, but both times I got DNAS Error -103: "This software title is not in service."
Did Sony run the servers? Console games tend to have a shorter TTL for their online services.
The best luck is with games that don't require the company to stick around. Milady and I play Command and Conquer:Renegade, and there are still people out there hosting it.
I have multiple PCs. Not all run Windows, and not all have a recent 3D video card.
That's OK. I don't have newer cards in mine, either. I actually swear by this routine, seen here.
You might ask why this is currently an issue. It WILL be, and I'd like the developers to keep in mind that cybercafes also use LAN play for a draw. The reputable ones buy multiple game copies, so it'd be good for everyone. I've still not heard a convincing reason NOT to allow LAN play.
Then get a new favorite game. Patronize developers of games such as Serious Sam that let you split your HDTV. Also patronize developers of games that put all players in one view.
How about I needle the developers on a well-known geek haven 'til they consider making this a standard?
With two people and one PC, not even a game that works on a LAN can save you.
What self-respecting geek only has *one* PC at his house?!?
Seriously, though, this trend annoys the heck out of me. I showed my wife how to play our fave FPS via LAN play, 'cause I knew she'd get frustrated trying to learn with spawn-killers taking her head off every 5 seconds online. I'd like that option with other games in the future, too...
I doubt this is all that hard with a conventional military type rifle for this type of aircraft at low altitudes, the tech is old, it is called tracer bullets to help you adjust aim, and you put one say every fourth round in the magazine.
A point you seem to be missing: while tracers will let you see where your fire flies, it ALSO lets everyone within eyesight know exactly where the hostile fire is coming from.
But don't try to tell Suzy Homemaker or Bob the Plumber that they need to switch to metric units for telling the outdoor temperature or driving their car or using their bathroom scale because of scientific or engineering work and unit conversions, which are not something that normal people do in life, ever.
Easy sell for Suzy. Tell her that instead of weighing 250 lbs, she'll only weigh about 114 if she switches to kilograms. The chubbies will eat it up.
I could never do it because I always got sucked into a war. Even when I had an entire island/continent to myself, an NPC would invariably land a settler and found a city within the radius of one of my cities and start stealing my developed land.
That's why my FIRST major goal is always to develop Flight. Keeps a nice radius clear from any city.
Getting a valid IP on an invalid name while trying to set up an FTP, SMTP, POP, etc connection (to name a few) could break the app (which assumes the internet standards are obeyed).
Never assume; when you do you make an ass of Uma Thurman.
Gaddammit, I paid $200 for this 'Winders XP' thing. Now you're tellin me I gotta 'Update' my 'Patches' and thingerwhoose why whatzits??
"Nope. We can set it so it'll automatically update for ya, pardner."
Anti-spy ware? What am I , a secret Agent?
"Well, we can install one that'll cost ya some cash, and it'll update and scan for ya. If'n ya don't wanna pay f'r that, we can drop 'un in, but you'll have to run it yerself once a week... So which d'ya want, Tex?"
I paid a lotta money for it! It should just work!!
"Yup, it should. If ya don't connect to the internet, it will, too. H'wever, you got a bunch o' kids with lots of talent AND boredom out there jus' waitin' to make people's lives miserable. Unfortunately, that's why we gotta do this stuff."
I shouldn't have to READ anything. It should work right when I plug it in!!
"Well, lemme put it this way. Take two teenagers, and send one to driver's ed, give him the vehicle user manual, and the state driver's handbook. The other teen, just shove him 'hind the wheel and holler "Go!". Which'n d'ya think'll make it further down the road?"
Yes, I've used these responses, and yes, the client follows the reasoning. Helps if you can speak "Redneck" and/or "Hillbilly"...
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I'm not sure it matters though. I'm not convinced machine intelligence is capable of self-awareness.
Why not? As biologists have pointed out, we're simply biochemical/electrical machines... and I'm pretty sure I'm me, not you, so we could call me self-aware...
Very true - Although by the time I see this actually being useful, I imagine other technologies rendering this obsolete.
Which technologies, and why?
A copyright holder can charge on any basis they damn well want. Either you have a valid fair use case, and can ignore them, or you don't, and have ZERO RIGHT to use their work without tehir say-so.
What if it's a book of phrases in the public domain? Even better, what if it's something you've produced, like a talk or lecture as part of a seminar? Limiting the spread of information is not in the best interest of the public it's supposed to serve.
As for point #2, you've just doomed us all; we're all criminals. Did you have a particular segment of criminal in mind instead? If so, where do you draw the line? Reminds me of an old story I read about torture. Started with a bunch of people conscripted into the role of torturer for use in high risk cases. They're horrified at the beginning, but by the end of the story they're handling misdemeanor stuff, and are inured to the "messier" parts of their jobs. The story ends with the guy that recruited 'em first bein' on the table. They got all eager.
Can't remember the name of the story, but I always felt it was a good reminder of the "slippery slope" problem... especially considering recent events.
Since this is a closed environment for a scientific study, it would make sense for them to use viruses which spread via exploits that they know are present.
Captain Obvious here... If they create the exploits and viruses themselves, they might have a pretty good idea of the infection vectors. It doesn't have to be what's in the wild now. Even better that it NOT be; after all, Robert Morris didn't expect his worm to replicate as far as it did, either...
Hate to play the part of Captain Obvious, but the article you linked to seems to indicate that those "afflicted" react to fake EM fields, too. Not very convincing...
Well said. After all, are there any current games that have caused a Yen shortage?
Personally, I'd love to see ALL corporate lobbying and donations to political figures banned outright, if just for the fact that corporations don't vote. Why should their interests be represented over ours?
{Yes, I KNOW it's not likely, but it's a pleasant thought, no?}
I'll check the furnace, you check the cesspool!
Sometimes PhDs seem a little bit arrogant when they demand to be called "Doctor" rather than "Mister", but if you think about how much of their life they dedicated to studying and becoming a true expert in a field, it is quite reasonable to treat them with deference.
My rear it is.
They didn't spend "much of their life learning" any more than the rest of us. Most of us learn something new every day, but you don't see most of us patting ourselves on the back. While the medical profession is a honorable field, it doesn't give someone carte blanche to be a douche. I'll treat 'em with the same respect they treat me... and I'll extend that to what I choose to call 'em as well.
byw, I have read on Ubuntu forums that Express Gate source is available on ASUS' website, but as yet have been unable to find it.
That's 'cause these folks make Splashtop, not ASUS. You can find the sourcecode at their page here...
...odds of one with the syndrome passing it to a direct descendant are also pretty low ~ 1% chance.
I dunno, it always seemed that crazy ran in families.... mine for example...
If all you do is rely on "god" and your animal instinct, then hell, this is exactly what is driving suicide bombers to blow themselves up.
What amazes me is how quickly people tell my "my" religion is suggesting I kill people for God. MY spiritual beliefs ask me not to kill 'less I'm directly physically threatened, and even then, I've gotta be pretty darn careful I don't miss and hit a neighbor with a round. Animal instincts are nice for gut-level reactions to situations, but you've takin' it pretty far to believe that's all a Christian/Muslim/Hindu/Buddhist/etc would rely on. Heck, were they running on instinct, they'd be AVOIDING death, wouldn't they?
I hear that argument often, and Dawkins harped on it a lot in The God Delusion... which makes about as much sense as painting all atheists as acting like O'Hair was reputed to {by her son}. I won't argue with an agnostic/atheist finding inspiration in Darwin or elsewhere if they stop griping where I find it from.
One thing I can assure you: "My" God doesn't ask me to kill people, and if he ever did, I'd be checking myself into the nearest funny farm.
Someone broke your
Carrier Return
When you find the USS Nimitz, look aboard and check to see if any "carriage return" keys are missing.
Hint: Think OLD typewriters... and get off my lawn!
I tried that routine a couple times but failed miserably. I bought two PS2 games and tried to play them online, but both times I got DNAS Error -103: "This software title is not in service."
Did Sony run the servers? Console games tend to have a shorter TTL for their online services.
The best luck is with games that don't require the company to stick around. Milady and I play Command and Conquer:Renegade, and there are still people out there hosting it.
Everyone knows they're all pictures of boobs anyway.
...with the exception of number 7. That one's YOU.... with boobs.
I have multiple PCs. Not all run Windows, and not all have a recent 3D video card.
That's OK. I don't have newer cards in mine, either. I actually swear by this routine, seen here.
You might ask why this is currently an issue. It WILL be, and I'd like the developers to keep in mind that cybercafes also use LAN play for a draw. The reputable ones buy multiple game copies, so it'd be good for everyone. I've still not heard a convincing reason NOT to allow LAN play.
Then get a new favorite game. Patronize developers of games such as Serious Sam that let you split your HDTV. Also patronize developers of games that put all players in one view.
How about I needle the developers on a well-known geek haven 'til they consider making this a standard?
With two people and one PC, not even a game that works on a LAN can save you.
What self-respecting geek only has *one* PC at his house?!?
Seriously, though, this trend annoys the heck out of me. I showed my wife how to play our fave FPS via LAN play, 'cause I knew she'd get frustrated trying to learn with spawn-killers taking her head off every 5 seconds online. I'd like that option with other games in the future, too...
I think l0pht's home page back in the day had it right when they quoted Microsoft as saying:
"That vulnerability is theoretical." -Microsoft
...which is one of my arguments for releasing POC code. Some folks need to be hit with a bigger clue-stick than others.
I doubt this is all that hard with a conventional military type rifle for this type of aircraft at low altitudes, the tech is old, it is called tracer bullets to help you adjust aim, and you put one say every fourth round in the magazine.
A point you seem to be missing: while tracers will let you see where your fire flies, it ALSO lets everyone within eyesight know exactly where the hostile fire is coming from.
But don't try to tell Suzy Homemaker or Bob the Plumber that they need to switch to metric units for telling the outdoor temperature or driving their car or using their bathroom scale because of scientific or engineering work and unit conversions, which are not something that normal people do in life, ever.
Easy sell for Suzy. Tell her that instead of weighing 250 lbs, she'll only weigh about 114 if she switches to kilograms. The chubbies will eat it up.
I could never do it because I always got sucked into a war. Even when I had an entire island/continent to myself, an NPC would invariably land a settler and found a city within the radius of one of my cities and start stealing my developed land.
That's why my FIRST major goal is always to develop Flight. Keeps a nice radius clear from any city.
Getting a valid IP on an invalid name while trying to set up an FTP, SMTP, POP, etc connection (to name a few) could break the app (which assumes the internet standards are obeyed).
Never assume; when you do you make an ass of Uma Thurman.
The mathematician replies, "No, all we really know is: there is at least one cow in Scotland, and this side is brown."
I grok that we'll make a Fair Witness of him yet!
Gaddammit, I paid $200 for this 'Winders XP' thing. Now you're tellin me I gotta 'Update' my 'Patches' and thingerwhoose why whatzits??
"Nope. We can set it so it'll automatically update for ya, pardner."
Anti-spy ware? What am I , a secret Agent?
"Well, we can install one that'll cost ya some cash, and it'll update and scan for ya. If'n ya don't wanna pay f'r that, we can drop 'un in, but you'll have to run it yerself once a week... So which d'ya want, Tex?"
I paid a lotta money for it! It should just work!!
"Yup, it should. If ya don't connect to the internet, it will, too. H'wever, you got a bunch o' kids with lots of talent AND boredom out there jus' waitin' to make people's lives miserable. Unfortunately, that's why we gotta do this stuff."
I shouldn't have to READ anything. It should work right when I plug it in!!
"Well, lemme put it this way. Take two teenagers, and send one to driver's ed, give him the vehicle user manual, and the state driver's handbook. The other teen, just shove him 'hind the wheel and holler "Go!". Which'n d'ya think'll make it further down the road?"
Yes, I've used these responses, and yes, the client follows the reasoning. Helps if you can speak "Redneck" and/or "Hillbilly"...