Oh FFS - can we please stop diluting the important words in our language? It kind of skews people's perspective of actual famine.
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Let's just hope you don't work for an "executed" corporation. You're just throwing potentially hundreds of thousands of working class people out of a job to punish the top tier - no problem with that, right?
I think I speak for many/.ers when I say... "Oh Jesus". Honestly, if you attempt to justify religion on anything resembling logic you lose. Speaking of "faith" at least gets you out of the logic trap, assuming the person you're speaking to accepts faith as a viable substitute for logic - and of course atheists do not.
There is training that is very good (I personally take it). If your point is that many carry without preparing themselves for the possible scenarios that will likely take place under a shoot/don't shoot scenario, I agree. But if your point is that it's best not to carry at all, I don't.
Outside of staying close to a man, the only real thing a 120lb woman can do to physically protect herself is to carry. I've met some amazingly good women fighters, but even they wouldn't have a chance against 50% of the male population. Men are built to fight. The ability to carry is a womens' rights issue, IMHO.
I'll echo everyone else's sentiments, but thanks for the site and I wish you well in your next endeavor. I've got a bad feeling this place is going to go to total shit now, but such is the way of the universe, right? Good luck - and seriously, this site has done a lot of tech knowledge!
No, parent was implying the point was moot due to the fact that people need to reset their clocks daylight savings. Therefore, the issue wouldn't necessarily be that big a deal. However, this is not the case in places that do not observe daylight savings time, such as Hawaii and most of Arizona.
by 2029 would mean any year up to and including 2028 (this means you and Kurzweil agree - he is being conservative IMO);
in 2029 would mean that year specifically;
after 2029 would mean any year from 2030 (inclusive) or beyond
I am personally interested in this subject so I've done a lot of reading. There is a lot of criticism of Kurzweil, but on the whole, he's been pretty good in my view. If you're looking for a series of predictions and how close he was, check this page out:
He's been wrong about some (perhaps some would say many) predictions, but in my view I think he's pretty damn good in determining the general trajectory of the accelerating nature of tech. If you consider exactly what the response would have been in 1990 when according to the wiki article he predicted by 2010 "PCs are capable of answering queries by accessing information wirelessly via the Internet." or in the early 2000s "Exoskeletal, robotic leg prostheses allow the paraplegic to walk." his predictions aren't that far off. The progress has been truly amazing and in 1990 would have been nearly unbelievable to most people (esp for something like Watson, I will add)
To be fair, his projection that "Telephone calls are routinely screened by intelligent answering machines that ask questions to determine the call's nature and priority." and "Most books will be read on screens rather than paper." are off... but not as much as the general direction was on, in my opinion.
Correct me if I'm wrong UK based folks, but isn't the Daily Mail famous for BS... or am I thinking of a different British mag? Anyone else have any other sources which corroborate this story? On a quick search, I cannot find any.
No, don't say "hey, I was just wondering".
"Oh, you were wondering? Well, the answer is no".
You have to go in more assertive than that. Tell them you want it and offer to become an employee.
A contractor with options doesn't make sense IMHO.
Actually an interesting point. Maybe some webservice could be implemented as a substitute to the vanilla browser capability? That'd be a great idea and one that I've at least never considered.
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Wow - people should take a look at this. Great (if a little disturbing) info! I should really donate a few bucks to EFF.
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Or airline miles.
Yes, one should save money but spend any type of "credit" or "point" as quickly as possible.
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Oh FFS - can we please stop diluting the important words in our language? It kind of skews people's perspective of actual famine. #getoffmylawn
Let's just hope you don't work for an "executed" corporation. You're just throwing potentially hundreds of thousands of working class people out of a job to punish the top tier - no problem with that, right?
I think I speak for many /.ers when I say... "Oh Jesus". Honestly, if you attempt to justify religion on anything resembling logic you lose. Speaking of "faith" at least gets you out of the logic trap, assuming the person you're speaking to accepts faith as a viable substitute for logic - and of course atheists do not.
There is training that is very good (I personally take it). If your point is that many carry without preparing themselves for the possible scenarios that will likely take place under a shoot/don't shoot scenario, I agree. But if your point is that it's best not to carry at all, I don't.
Outside of staying close to a man, the only real thing a 120lb woman can do to physically protect herself is to carry. I've met some amazingly good women fighters, but even they wouldn't have a chance against 50% of the male population. Men are built to fight. The ability to carry is a womens' rights issue, IMHO.
I'll echo everyone else's sentiments, but thanks for the site and I wish you well in your next endeavor. I've got a bad feeling this place is going to go to total shit now, but such is the way of the universe, right? Good luck - and seriously, this site has done a lot of tech knowledge!
No, parent was implying the point was moot due to the fact that people need to reset their clocks daylight savings. Therefore, the issue wouldn't necessarily be that big a deal. However, this is not the case in places that do not observe daylight savings time, such as Hawaii and most of Arizona.
lolz - love the irony
Not in Hawaii or Arizona :-)
You are assuming human and machine are distinct entities
by 2029 would mean any year up to and including 2028 (this means you and Kurzweil agree - he is being conservative IMO);
in 2029 would mean that year specifically;
after 2029 would mean any year from 2030 (inclusive) or beyond
I am personally interested in this subject so I've done a lot of reading. There is a lot of criticism of Kurzweil, but on the whole, he's been pretty good in my view. If you're looking for a series of predictions and how close he was, check this page out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predictions_made_by_Ray_Kurzweil
He's been wrong about some (perhaps some would say many) predictions, but in my view I think he's pretty damn good in determining the general trajectory of the accelerating nature of tech. If you consider exactly what the response would have been in 1990 when according to the wiki article he predicted by 2010 "PCs are capable of answering queries by accessing information wirelessly via the Internet." or in the early 2000s "Exoskeletal, robotic leg prostheses allow the paraplegic to walk." his predictions aren't that far off. The progress has been truly amazing and in 1990 would have been nearly unbelievable to most people (esp for something like Watson, I will add)
To be fair, his projection that "Telephone calls are routinely screened by intelligent answering machines that ask questions to determine the call's nature and priority." and "Most books will be read on screens rather than paper." are off... but not as much as the general direction was on, in my opinion.
How much raw computing power needs to be created before it equals a human? We are not that special and the power is literally doubling and doubling and doubling as it has for decades... http://www.conceivablytech.com/8027/products/intel-exascale-computing-arrives-in-2018
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WTF is up with the XKCD hate from some people? It's weird.
Is there a reason for this, or are people just assholes?
Why not?
Correct me if I'm wrong UK based folks, but isn't the Daily Mail famous for BS... or am I thinking of a different British mag? Anyone else have any other sources which corroborate this story? On a quick search, I cannot find any.
This is literally unbelievable to me.
Airbus is run by software. Boeing by pilots. I don't trust either, but I trust the software less
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You're the worst character ever towlie
No, don't say "hey, I was just wondering".
"Oh, you were wondering? Well, the answer is no".
You have to go in more assertive than that. Tell them you want it and offer to become an employee.
A contractor with options doesn't make sense IMHO.
Yeah, seems like a pretty common sense suggestion to me. Access via front end or via direct web service calls.
Actually an interesting point. Maybe some webservice could be implemented as a substitute to the vanilla browser capability? That'd be a great idea and one that I've at least never considered.