Bzzzt. Incorrect, but thanks for playing.
I was talking about the average lifespan for the poor, which was probably below the average of the population.
I can see how the type of behaviours for the rich vs poor might be inherited. As part of the poor part of the population you expect to live at most 30-40 years (wild guess) because that is the amount of time you see your peers live therefore you are less inclined to be thrifty because you both don't have the resources to spare and there is no point in sparring them (short life expectance) and also reinforce this behaviour in your peers (you will die sooner because of not being thrifty and prudent) while the rich have the elders among them and understand that they will need resources when they will be old (and they do expect to reach senectitude) and they also reinforce this behaviour in their children and peers.
Also, among the rich people, there are those that die young, but those are selected against because while they have the conditions to live longer they nevertheless die. As the generations pass there will less rich people that tend to die young.
It's not necessarily a question of genetic baggage both of learned behaviour because of the position on person is in.
P.S Too lazy to put commas in. Grammar Nazies to the rescue !!!
That's why I said a nation that would reach that point would have the huge advantage. No own civilian losses, nothing for Joe Sixpack to cry about (well sort of). It has the potential of the atom bomb but fine tuned because you can blow stuff up in a directed manner and in a precise way without putting your own soldiers at risk. I wonder what the economics are, would a machine be less expensive than feeding, hospitalizing, etc for a human soldier ? Probably when costs get on par and robots are sophisticated enough there will be a switch from human to machine.
But what I was trying to do was point out the advantage of a strictly robot war with no loss of life on either side. Well, maybe some from the caffeine overdose for the operators.
Don't rain on my parade and tell me I trained all this time at Starcraft for nothing:P
Unless soldiers (humans) are fighting next to the robot I see no reason for it to carry lethal weaponry. Some non-lethal way of making enemies unable to fight would suffice. Although being hauled to Gitmo might not seem such a charming alternative...
No involving your own soldiers into combat and also sparing the enemies would be an amazing way to conduct war. Wars will still happen and this has the potential to make them less lethal and take the humans out of the war, humans that now are a resource to be destroyed. The first nation to have a full robotic army will have a huge advantage over any other nation and once this is adopted by nations across the globe maybe things like Paschendale , Dresden , Stalingrad , or this might not happen again.
"Due for operation in May 2008, the LHC is a 27-kilometer-long device designed to accelerate subatomic particles to ridiculous speeds, smash them into each other and then record the results."
Next up ludicrous speed!!! Better fasten your seat belts...
"That's left companies scrambling for software fixes that change the pre-set DST changes hard-coded in operating systems and applications, including every version of Windows except for the just-released Vista."
You would think that programmers that hard code (Bad Thing(TM)) would have a hard time getting/staying hired...
Go figure...
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Baudrillard would disagree... (and yes I know, it's hyperreal...)
Would you vaccinate your child ?
So how long until all of it is stolen ? There are only 300 million people in the US.
I would rather have her hold on to my Wii system. That is all.
Bzzzt. Incorrect, but thanks for playing. I was talking about the average lifespan for the poor, which was probably below the average of the population.
I can see how the type of behaviours for the rich vs poor might be inherited. As part of the poor part of the population you expect to live at most 30-40 years (wild guess) because that is the amount of time you see your peers live therefore you are less inclined to be thrifty because you both don't have the resources to spare and there is no point in sparring them (short life expectance) and also reinforce this behaviour in your peers (you will die sooner because of not being thrifty and prudent) while the rich have the elders among them and understand that they will need resources when they will be old (and they do expect to reach senectitude) and they also reinforce this behaviour in their children and peers.
Also, among the rich people, there are those that die young, but those are selected against because while they have the conditions to live longer they nevertheless die. As the generations pass there will less rich people that tend to die young.
It's not necessarily a question of genetic baggage both of learned behaviour because of the position on person is in.
P.S Too lazy to put commas in. Grammar Nazies to the rescue !!!Don't rain on my parade and tell me I trained all this time at Starcraft for nothing :P
Awesome, Tesla Coil, where can I get one for my lawn ?
Unless soldiers (humans) are fighting next to the robot I see no reason for it to carry lethal weaponry. Some non-lethal way of making enemies unable to fight would suffice. Although being hauled to Gitmo might not seem such a charming alternative...
No involving your own soldiers into combat and also sparing the enemies would be an amazing way to conduct war. Wars will still happen and this has the potential to make them less lethal and take the humans out of the war, humans that now are a resource to be destroyed. The first nation to have a full robotic army will have a huge advantage over any other nation and once this is adopted by nations across the globe maybe things like Paschendale , Dresden , Stalingrad , or this might not happen again.
Post again in 7 million years...
Will my tinfoil hat protect me ?
"Due for operation in May 2008, the LHC is a 27-kilometer-long device designed to accelerate subatomic particles to ridiculous speeds, smash them into each other and then record the results."
Next up ludicrous speed!!! Better fasten your seat belts...
No spring break webcasts though...
Really... do.
Then you wouldn't mind if someone calls you girlfriend a slut...
I say harvest the kinetic energy of all the people falling out of John Malkovich's head.
The power to know women's thoughts is incompatible with the power of compiling the Linux kernel! Which one do you prefer?
Oh noes, invisible sharks with lasers !!!
Considering this is slashdot I think you misspelled the name. It's spelled Microsoft.
Has been done http://www.digital.udk-berlin.de/en/projects/winte r0405/main/hauptprojekt/snoil.html
Well, sort of :)
The bug on the dryer machine next door that got it stuck on 1 minute left.
Just got to the bookmark properties and move the name to the description. Leave the name blank. :D
Yes. What if you are you going to use the program on Mars :P
"That's left companies scrambling for software fixes that change the pre-set DST changes hard-coded in operating systems and applications, including every version of Windows except for the just-released Vista."
You would think that programmers that hard code (Bad Thing(TM)) would have a hard time getting/staying hired...
Go figure...
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