I wonder when they'll finally realize that you can't make a thinking machine
When it's proven that you can't.
It doesn't have a a soul, a consiousness
Do you? How do you know? Point to it.
At the most basic level, it's just a binary program. It follows whatever instructions it was given.
So do you. At the most basic level, your mind is nothing more than a program sending electrical impulses following the instructions it was given.
what makes someone be that person well enough to try to replicate it in software
Another argument based on ignorance. It's not necessary to replicate what goes on in a human brain. The underlying hardware and "program" is irrelavant. It's the result that matters.
And even if we did, how could we prove it? If you think about it, how can you prove anyone other than yourself is consious?
And predictably solipsism rears it's ugly head. That idea has been discarded for a very long time now.
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... it was very timely, JunkYard wars came to a mall near me a month ago.
It's all a moot point though, until print on demand becomes a reality. I for one would love to be able to roll into any bookstore and get the "out of print" books I've had to track down the hard way.
Put it this way... you'd end up with sub par talent. A real hacker will code circles around the code monkeys you'd hire. Your blank generalization that hackers are not responsible software developers is simply not true.
Don't get me wrong, I love book stores. I much prefer a dead tree book to an electronic one. But the odds are slim that if print on demand becomes common place you'll see bookstores in the state they are now. Maybe a few, catering to the people that like them. Or maybe enough people will reject the idea. But from a business standpoint, less rent, little or no theft, ect. it's easy to see what a company like Borders would choose.
... seems like they thought it through really well. It's going to go down in flames. Wait till they get flooded with customer calls like : "But I signed up to receive emails from {insert company}, now I'm not getting my coupons. What do you mean I need to go into an ACL and add them, how do I know what to add, what's an ACL" and so on. It won't work.
There is nothing more useful he could create than something he wants to. I spend my days writing for pay code. When I get home I work on my projects, and the last thing I want to do is answer to a bunch of people who couldn't do it themselves.
Actually the only thing Linux doesn't need is people deciding what it does or doesn't need. Every piece of additional software is a bonus. Choice is THE most important feature for those who have been using it from the begining (or at least before the bandwagon took off). There is no reason that software like this can't co-exist with a "standard" gui desktop for joe six-pack. And in that situation (if it ever occurs, I couldn't tell you whether it ever will or not, since I don't really care), you have a tremendously better system that can be tailored to the individual user.
Disclaimer: Not that X or any of the desktops are Linux.
Due to the unfairness of you being labelled a troll, and the fact that I have no current modpoints to fix the situation figured I'd weigh in in agreement. This is a cool thing, I don't know if it's cool enough to replace ratpoison for me. Keyboard shortcuts are a big plus, I'm going to have to take a good look at Twin (and the source) to see how much can be keyboard controlled or added easily.
I'm assuming the resource use is pretty minimal, even the version running under X, and I believe there are some smaller footprint X versions out there that shoudl reduce resources and kick this around no problem.
... in regards to the right to hack article. How the RIAA plans to prove that the mp3's on my system aren't legal. I don't believe that there's a single mp3 that I have that I didn't rip myself or don't own the album for.
droping the attitude that gender has anything to do with using computers..
Which means dropping the fact that gender has nothing to do with computers. On an individual case this is true, but statistically speaking some activities are biased on the basis of gender.
Interestingly enough, I installed kazaa just to find this mp3 and listen to it. Curiosity I guess. Of course, I never got around to it, and I imagien that by this time most people who d/led it initially have deleted it.
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Go get a USB on a chip, you can pick one up from Digikey. Build a controller.
That's a bunch of idealistic crap, actually more like hippie nonsense. EVERYTHING comes at a price. EVERYTHING has consequences. There's not should or shouldn't that's just the way it is, it's fundamental to the nature of the universe. If you do something there will be consequences, get used to it.
Err no. Everything comes at a price, even free speech. The price of free speech is that people may not like what you say and may take action over your words. It's that cut and dry.
However, since this is a government agency that's cutting the grant the issue gets a little gray. I'm sure the conditions of the grant however have a large role to play in all of this. It would be interesting to see them.
Yes, a few dollars at a time. When I started playing you got two land raiders in a box... for $20. Eldar Gaurdians? 36 for $20. Space Ork box set, 36 for $20. They've been steadily upping their rip off prices for at least the 15 years that I've known about them.
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I wonder when they'll finally realize that you can't make a thinking machine
When it's proven that you can't.
It doesn't have a a soul, a consiousness
Do you? How do you know? Point to it.
At the most basic level, it's just a binary program. It follows whatever instructions it was given.
So do you. At the most basic level, your mind is nothing more than a program sending electrical
impulses following the instructions it was given.
what makes someone be that person well enough to try to replicate it in software
Another argument based on ignorance. It's not necessary to replicate what goes on in a human brain. The underlying hardware and "program" is irrelavant. It's the result that matters.
And even if we did, how could we prove it? If you think about it, how can you prove anyone other than yourself is consious?
And predictably solipsism rears it's ugly head. That idea has been discarded for a very long time now.
... it was very timely, JunkYard wars came to a mall near me a month ago.
It's all a moot point though, until print on demand becomes a reality. I for one would love to be able to roll into any bookstore and get the "out of print" books I've had to track down the hard way.
Put it this way... you'd end up with sub par talent. A real hacker will code circles around the code monkeys you'd hire. Your blank generalization that hackers are not responsible software developers is simply not true.
Don't get me wrong, I love book stores. I much prefer a dead tree book to an electronic one. But the odds are slim that if print on demand becomes common place you'll see bookstores in the state they are now. Maybe a few, catering to the people that like them. Or maybe enough people will reject the idea. But from a business standpoint, less rent, little or no theft, ect. it's easy to see what a company like Borders would choose.
Hmmm, same refrain in the late 70's "Why build a computer at home". Thank god people didn't listen then and I hope they don't listen to you now.
Not less cabling, just plugged in somewhere else
Why stick the book at all? Why not browse through a terminal? Bookstores could be a lot smaller.
... seems like they thought it through really well. It's going to go down in flames. Wait till they get flooded with customer calls like : "But I signed up to receive emails from {insert company}, now I'm not getting my coupons. What do you mean I need to go into an ACL and add them, how do I know what to add, what's an ACL" and so on. It won't work.
There is nothing more useful he could create than something he wants to. I spend my days writing for pay code. When I get home I work on my projects, and the last thing I want to do is answer to a bunch of people who couldn't do it themselves.
Disclaimer: Not that X or any of the desktops are Linux.
I'm assuming the resource use is pretty minimal, even the version running under X, and I believe there are some smaller footprint X versions out there that shoudl reduce resources and kick this around no problem.
I imagine we should start calling the "Ansible" soon.
... in regards to the right to hack article. How the RIAA plans to prove that the mp3's on my system aren't legal. I don't believe that there's a single mp3 that I have that I didn't rip myself or don't own the album for.
Always meant to get around to writing an encoder/decoder. Wouldn't pay of course. I just wouldn't distribute it publically.
Ummm p2p is not illicit. Might want to phrase that so that it makes sense.
droping the attitude that gender has anything to do with using computers..
Which means dropping the fact that gender has nothing to do with computers. On an individual case this is true, but statistically speaking some activities are biased on the basis of gender.
Kazaa-lite of course ;) No need for the spyware. Especially since I never actually used it after installation.
Interestingly enough, I installed kazaa just to find this mp3 and listen to it. Curiosity I guess. Of course, I never got around to it, and I imagien that by this time most people who d/led it initially have deleted it.
Go get a USB on a chip, you can pick one up from Digikey. Build a controller.
... contains the scenes where Gimli kicks everyone's ass for making him comic relief.
The really sad part? The US government can still use OpenBSD, even though they basically flipped them the bird
If you believe that, you're missing the whole point of OSS (and the BSD license and any others I haven't mentioned).
However, since this is a government agency that's cutting the grant the issue gets a little gray. I'm sure the conditions of the grant however have a large role to play in all of this. It would be interesting to see them.
Yes, a few dollars at a time. When I started playing you got two land raiders in a box... for $20. Eldar Gaurdians? 36 for $20. Space Ork box set, 36 for $20. They've been steadily upping their rip off prices for at least the 15 years that I've known about them.