It was somewhat tongue-in-cheek, though not obviously so after rereading. And no, I'm not from a traditionally-privileged class, though my family never had to go hungry, for which I am thankful.
On the second point, I have plenty of free time and am lazy, but that's a personal choice... unless you consider playing MUDs productive (I don't).
> But if a woman created a man robot, he would be a sperm donor that brings home a paycheck that would boost her ego constantly, buy drinks and give massages on demand.
Don't need a robot for that: there are probably a few geeks here that would be more than happy to do it for you.
It depends what they are teaching. Math, science, PE, history, etc.: fine. I don't know how old the child in question is, but if he's in grade school (guessing he's middle school age, though) many subjects may be taught by one person: including English.
he/she (wait, this is/.) thinks "Virtual Memory" is the same thing as paging
I will refer you to Windows XP's "Performance Options", section "Virtual Memory" which states out "A paging file is an area on the hard disk that Windows uses as if it were RAM." That would probably cause this "confusion".
look at our Amish - in my area heavily armed with all the good stuff
Where the hell do you live, dude? I live in southeast Ohio (in an area with a decent Amish population) and the most threatening thing they have (besides body odor) are their muskets.
If there is a universe where placing two rocks side by side always causes the creation of a third by some freakish physical law, is it in fact correct to interpret this as 1+1=3
As soon as a third was created, however, it would interact with the original two rocks, creating a third and fourth rock, both of which would interact with the three already in existence. Therefore, as soon as such a universe were to snap into existence which contains more than one existing particle*, it would instantly become filled with an infinite number of particles. Assuming mass exists in such a place, it could possibly create an infinitely dense singularity. Then the fun starts.
* assuming 1=1 is still true. If not, all bets are off
the wiretapping starts small, but never gets repealed, the practice expands and soon Big Brother is watching everyone. Well, not if we keep an eye on it, it won't.
I'm not trying to detract from some excellent points you make, but the whole point of wiretapping is that you don't know about it, and therefore we can't "keep an eye on it."
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Because you know yourself well enough that you can be sure nobody's capable of brainwashing you.
Sure, sure, that's what They want you to think!
It was somewhat tongue-in-cheek, though not obviously so after rereading. And no, I'm not from a traditionally-privileged class, though my family never had to go hungry, for which I am thankful.
On the second point, I have plenty of free time and am lazy, but that's a personal choice... unless you consider playing MUDs productive (I don't).
You did not say "comparatively cheap." "Cheap" means any dork can go buy some parts and launch himself into space.
> But if a woman created a man robot, he would be a sperm donor that brings home a paycheck that would boost her ego constantly, buy drinks and give massages on demand.
Don't need a robot for that: there are probably a few geeks here that would be more than happy to do it for you.
And if that doesn't do it for you, find a copy of "Electro-Gonorrhea: The Noisy Killer."
They want to give plenty of attention to each child, so they tend to have 1-4 kids rather than 7-12.
But unemployed morons on welfare have plenty of time to spend with their dozen children while they're not out looking for a job... or at the bar.
cheap existing launch tech
You have a definition of cheap I have never before encountered...
That would be sector zed-zed-nine plural-zed alpha.
Yes, that is why I specifically limited the scope of my message to grade school level.
It depends what they are teaching. Math, science, PE, history, etc.: fine. I don't know how old the child in question is, but if he's in grade school (guessing he's middle school age, though) many subjects may be taught by one person: including English.
When you terrorize free speech, only the terrorists will speak freely?
This kind of "logic" is one reason why people can believe the earth is 6000 years old.
This is how suicide cults are born. Remember Heaven's Gate?
he/she (wait, this is /.) thinks "Virtual Memory" is the same thing as paging
I will refer you to Windows XP's "Performance Options", section "Virtual Memory" which states out "A paging file is an area on the hard disk that Windows uses as if it were RAM." That would probably cause this "confusion".
Sorry to not realise you live in a society where there are so many arms around that everybody is afraid of everybody else
You conveniently missed the part where he said the attacker didn't need a weapon. That's what "with his hands" means.
You could use a gun to hammer in a nail, but if you had a hammer, why would you?
Because it sounds like so much more fun.
And so on, and so forth.
Damn arms escalation. Those bastards are carting around cannons now, where I live.
"Do..we...have...a...problem...hmmm? Y'all better move out before I cause a nucular holocaust up in here. It'll be like Hiroshima and Niggasaki."
look at our Amish - in my area heavily armed with all the good stuff
Where the hell do you live, dude? I live in southeast Ohio (in an area with a decent Amish population) and the most threatening thing they have (besides body odor) are their muskets.
What's this? Critical thinking is strictly prohibited here! You must toe the party line, traitor!
"crazy old people" is a subset of "old people" who could be entitled to get these guns as well.
Some (old crazy) people consider trespassing a killin' offense, meaning "get off my lawn" has more extreme consequences.
If there is a universe where placing two rocks side by side always causes the creation of a third by some freakish physical law, is it in fact correct to interpret this as 1+1=3
As soon as a third was created, however, it would interact with the original two rocks, creating a third and fourth rock, both of which would interact with the three already in existence. Therefore, as soon as such a universe were to snap into existence which contains more than one existing particle*, it would instantly become filled with an infinite number of particles. Assuming mass exists in such a place, it could possibly create an infinitely dense singularity. Then the fun starts.
* assuming 1=1 is still true. If not, all bets are off
"indecision results in a decision"
"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice."
the wiretapping starts small, but never gets repealed, the practice expands and soon Big Brother is watching everyone. Well, not if we keep an eye on it, it won't.
I'm not trying to detract from some excellent points you make, but the whole point of wiretapping is that you don't know about it, and therefore we can't "keep an eye on it."
I work with MySQL and assumed such a book existed, but did not know if it was any good. That's why reviews exist.
Mostly because you can pay 150% the price and get the high-end chip
and overclock THAT one... err, yeah!