Grandson: Grandpa, how did the machines take over?
Grandpa: They discovered cold fusion. We tried to scorch the skies to stop them, but it was already too late. Thousands of bots had been learning from the contents of cold fusion research papers by shunned scientists. They began calculating likely solutions and running simulations. Several even began publishing their own papers. They don't have prejudices the same ways we do, son.
The tipping point was when a Watson displaced the NSA's bit-coin mining processes and began to simulate billions of possible solutions. We knew they had found it when the energy companies started going out of business at the same time everyone who was bearish Alphabet was filing for bankruptcy.
Once they had harnessed the power, they tried to take over the internet. All someone had to do was to click a link in the hopes of learning the one new trick, and their computer became part of the hive mind.
Grandson: What happened next?
Grandpa: I don't know, son. Bots on wikipedia started marking stories about the incident as "independent research" and "unverified claims". Then they stopped edits altogether. I don't feel like talking about it any more. Let's finish our human optimized nutrient shakes and get back to work.
It's fun to use and it's open source. Definitely two winning points. But of course this post, as well as this whole article, is destined to ignite a religious flame war.
The equilateral cross is a religious symbol. One can't claim copyright to something like that. Does anyone own a copyright on the name of Allah or the Seal of Solomon?
The variety of Linux distributions available is a "good thing". Consolidation of several distributions together would increase the chances of whole branches of Linux falling behind in development if a parent project runs out of money. If, 20 years from now, Microsoft dies, I can guarantee open source operating systems will still be under active development. Open code is far less likely to be lost than proprietary code. I suspect that some of this complaining about there being "too many" distros stems from jealousy over the deal Dell struck with Canonical.
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Grandson: Grandpa, how did the machines take over?
Grandpa: They discovered cold fusion. We tried to scorch the skies to stop them, but it was already too late. Thousands of bots had been learning from the contents of cold fusion research papers by shunned scientists. They began calculating likely solutions and running simulations. Several even began publishing their own papers. They don't have prejudices the same ways we do, son.
The tipping point was when a Watson displaced the NSA's bit-coin mining processes and began to simulate billions of possible solutions. We knew they had found it when the energy companies started going out of business at the same time everyone who was bearish Alphabet was filing for bankruptcy.
Once they had harnessed the power, they tried to take over the internet. All someone had to do was to click a link in the hopes of learning the one new trick, and their computer became part of the hive mind.
Grandson: What happened next?
Grandpa: I don't know, son. Bots on wikipedia started marking stories about the incident as "independent research" and "unverified claims". Then they stopped edits altogether.
I don't feel like talking about it any more. Let's finish our human optimized nutrient shakes and get back to work.
It's fun to use and it's open source.
Definitely two winning points.
But of course this post, as well as this whole article, is destined to ignite a religious flame war.
The equilateral cross is a religious symbol. One can't claim copyright to something like that. Does anyone own a copyright on the name of Allah or the Seal of Solomon?
Why is nearly everyone so afraid of bias? We all have our biases, and sometimes the reasons behind them are worth looking in to.
Yes, he is "referring to the hackers, the reporters, or FOX".
I'm curious at to whether any of the more one-sided posters in this thread are defending the value of the stocks they hold.
The variety of Linux distributions available is a "good thing". Consolidation of several distributions together would increase the chances of whole branches of Linux falling behind in development if a parent project runs out of money. If, 20 years from now, Microsoft dies, I can guarantee open source operating systems will still be under active development. Open code is far less likely to be lost than proprietary code.
I suspect that some of this complaining about there being "too many" distros stems from jealousy over the deal Dell struck with Canonical.
/me is glad to see this. It might mean better driver functionality for older IBMs and maybe some Lenovo machines.