I don't think such laws are an actual useful idea when making a robot. They're an awful hack. Rather build a robot that contains the actual reasons why he wouldn't want to do such things...
Those rules are great plot devices. I don't believe that Asimov meant them to be more than that.
- He said, on a web page that he connected to using a super-fast computer, built with loads of exotic materials like plastics we refine from dead dinosaurs, over a huge network of copper wires and glass fiber, etc etc. That you can post here is absolutely incredible.
And yet we haven't seen a single electron. Ever. How accurate can our simulations be? This "electricity" thing can never work.
The other people tend not to react all that sensibly either when they see flames and realise thay are 15km from an exit.
Actually, I've heard that many casualties in tunnels occur because an accident happens, there's a fire, and people stay calm and sensible, go out and look at the fire a few hundred meters away. They don't realize they're in a tunnel and they need to get the fuck away until the fire is already overwhelming them. If they'd just run away immediately many more would make it.
If you mean that illegal product advertising is being weeded out, then, yes, it's getting closer to broadcast television.
But this isn't weeding out advertising. It's about weeding out web pages that appear in search results. Just because something is illegal (in the US, at the moment), should you be unable to find web pages about it? Should a search for "marihuana" come up empty?
Recently there was something similar in the news (I thought it was on Slashdot, but I can't find it right now).
Lindows has no presence in the Netherlands. However, there was one small PC salesman from a village in a rural area that was going to sell them.
He got an official letter from Microsoft, explaining that since Lindows had no presence and he was the only one selling, they were going to sue him over the trademark issue. The Lindows top man heard of this, and announced he would go to the Netherlands immediately to find out what was going on. The small salesman was rather overwhelmed by all the attention.
But it now seems like MS may have been doing this all over Europe, and it's gone mostly unnoticed by Lindows.
If US was trying to copy Roman empire , there would be no.de after your domain
You do realize the US has major military bases in Germany, which they got after conquering it just 50 years ago? Of course they're at complete peace with most of the population now, but so were the Romans...
The point you miss is that if you win, the costs of your lawyers, plus damages are paid by government too. They're wasting their own money, not yours. If you don't have the funds to hire a lawyer, government will provide you with funds.
The big difference with the US is that it is a huge financial risk to have to fight a trial in the US.
There's this half-joke half-serious tip that gets mentioned here now and then:
Don't ask "How can I do X in Linux?" but say "Why can't Linux do X! X is easy in Windows! Linux sucks!" and you'll have five people offering great help in a few minutes, whatever the problem.
My first reaction is one of disbelief. You can claim a draw in a (formerly) lost position, but you don't out of "respect" for the opponent? Why not resign right away?
I can't believe that guy is a good chess player himself. Only weak players do things like this, allow someone to move another piece after they took one in their hands to move it, etc...
This whole article is just coming from the wrong direction. It assumes that the final goal of OS is to make usable software, that has features for everyone, to have an OS that can run all the binary drivers out there, to unseat Windows!...
What OS actually is for is, precisely, scratching an itch. Fixing what the developer wants to see fixed. Providing the features the developer wants. Having fun making something that a hundred other people made already. Many Linux developers (for example) couldn't care less about Windows, or converting Windows users to Linux.
And yes, they like bitching about Microsoft. Because it's so easy to do, I guess.
These things are only "things that are wrong with open source" if you have the idea that OS is trying to be something that it's not.
Yeah, but even with that taken into account, if you're going to the trouble of putting an extra queen on the board, why put it on a spot where it's under immediate attack by the pawn on d4 and the knight on f3:-)
I think it's a lot cheaper to just hire a minimum wage 16 year old to post such things than to develop even a minimal sort of AI for that. And the 16 year old will look authentic.
I personally am an AI of course. That's top secret, but since you won't believe me, that doesn't matter:-)
Remember, they got that amendment through in the European Parliament. While that is a victory, the EP does not have a whole lot of real power, unfortunately. It's the European Commission that decides. And it's quite likely that they'll eventually endorse a version that doesn't have the good amendments.
The EU sucks. They should make it democratic before expanding it.
Ritz did the same mistake that most companies do, they opt for the obscurity is security model.
No, their mistake is that they went for the "let's sell something under cost price, and hope that customers will have to keep spending money on our overpriced services" business model. See also consoles, printers, etc. This works especially badly if the service is a trivial digital operation, like downloading a file from a camera.
The solution is to manufacture a camera and sell it for its cost plus a profit margin.
Let's start with something relatively easy and tiny. Let's harness the power of a hurricane. There's a lot of power there, should be easy to turn into useful energy, right?
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Can anyone tell me what a "science image" is supposed to be? Do they have photos of alien scientific experiments?
I don't think such laws are an actual useful idea when making a robot. They're an awful hack. Rather build a robot that contains the actual reasons why he wouldn't want to do such things...
Those rules are great plot devices. I don't believe that Asimov meant them to be more than that.
this gigantic image -- the highest-resolution image of Canada freely available --
Everyone who thought that was a direct link to the actual image raise your hands :-)
Know the feeling? "Man, that's going to be the biggest Slashdotting ever! Poor Canadians! Must... click... link..."
We have not seen an electron. Just traces of things that theory tells us are caused by electrons.
Similar to how we've seen lines for water in spectra that have been construed to be water on exoplanets.
- He said, on a web page that he connected to using a super-fast computer, built with loads of exotic materials like plastics we refine from dead dinosaurs, over a huge network of copper wires and glass fiber, etc etc. That you can post here is absolutely incredible.
And yet we haven't seen a single electron. Ever. How accurate can our simulations be? This "electricity" thing can never work.
The other people tend not to react all that sensibly either when they see flames and realise thay are 15km from an exit.
Actually, I've heard that many casualties in tunnels occur because an accident happens, there's a fire, and people stay calm and sensible, go out and look at the fire a few hundred meters away. They don't realize they're in a tunnel and they need to get the fuck away until the fire is already overwhelming them. If they'd just run away immediately many more would make it.
I am stupid as I did not read the article. Sorry. Move along.
Yes, weeding out actual advertisements as is being done here is entirely normal.
If you mean that illegal product advertising is being weeded out, then, yes, it's getting closer to broadcast television.
But this isn't weeding out advertising. It's about weeding out web pages that appear in search results. Just because something is illegal (in the US, at the moment), should you be unable to find web pages about it? Should a search for "marihuana" come up empty?
How is that going to work? You have the full source,
No you don't. You only have the full source (and the binaries etc) after you pay. Imagine a Linux distro that's only available in a box.
Of course, this goes wrong the moment one of the people who bought the package decides to put it on Kazaa, something he's allowed to do.
Recently there was something similar in the news (I thought it was on Slashdot, but I can't find it right now).
Lindows has no presence in the Netherlands. However, there was one small PC salesman from a village in a rural area that was going to sell them.
He got an official letter from Microsoft, explaining that since Lindows had no presence and he was the only one selling, they were going to sue him over the trademark issue. The Lindows top man heard of this, and announced he would go to the Netherlands immediately to find out what was going on. The small salesman was rather overwhelmed by all the attention.
But it now seems like MS may have been doing this all over Europe, and it's gone mostly unnoticed by Lindows.
If US was trying to copy Roman empire , there would be no .de after your domain
You do realize the US has major military bases in Germany, which they got after conquering it just 50 years ago? Of course they're at complete peace with most of the population now, but so were the Romans...
The point you miss is that if you win, the costs of your lawyers, plus damages are paid by government too. They're wasting their own money, not yours. If you don't have the funds to hire a lawyer, government will provide you with funds.
The big difference with the US is that it is a huge financial risk to have to fight a trial in the US.
Yes, ok. I knew that, that's why I added "available (to your opponent)". I misunderstood your post, I think.
There's this half-joke half-serious tip that gets mentioned here now and then:
Don't ask "How can I do X in Linux?" but say "Why can't Linux do X! X is easy in Windows! Linux sucks!" and you'll have five people offering great help in a few minutes, whatever the problem.
Just approach them in their own language :-)
My first reaction is one of disbelief. You can claim a draw in a (formerly) lost position, but you don't out of "respect" for the opponent? Why not resign right away?
I can't believe that guy is a good chess player himself. Only weak players do things like this, allow someone to move another piece after they took one in their hands to move it, etc...
In addition, the program needs to be smart enough not to mention anything if a draw claim is available in a favorable position.
If a draw claim is available (to your opponent), then you are by definition not in a favorable position.
This whole article is just coming from the wrong direction. It assumes that the final goal of OS is to make usable software, that has features for everyone, to have an OS that can run all the binary drivers out there, to unseat Windows!...
What OS actually is for is, precisely, scratching an itch. Fixing what the developer wants to see fixed. Providing the features the developer wants. Having fun making something that a hundred other people made already. Many Linux developers (for example) couldn't care less about Windows, or converting Windows users to Linux.
And yes, they like bitching about Microsoft. Because it's so easy to do, I guess.
These things are only "things that are wrong with open source" if you have the idea that OS is trying to be something that it's not.
Yeah, but even with that taken into account, if you're going to the trouble of putting an extra queen on the board, why put it on a spot where it's under immediate attack by the pawn on d4 and the knight on f3 :-)
I think it's a lot cheaper to just hire a minimum wage 16 year old to post such things than to develop even a minimal sort of AI for that. And the 16 year old will look authentic.
I personally am an AI of course. That's top secret, but since you won't believe me, that doesn't matter :-)
1. If you can login remotely as root (with whatever name it has), your config is wrong. Login as a normal user over ssh, then su.
2.They assume it's uid 0 (as mentioned).
Remember, they got that amendment through in the European Parliament. While that is a victory, the EP does not have a whole lot of real power, unfortunately. It's the European Commission that decides. And it's quite likely that they'll eventually endorse a version that doesn't have the good amendments.
The EU sucks. They should make it democratic before expanding it.
I'm rather clueless about these things, but wasn't it AOL who acquired Time Warner back then?
Ritz did the same mistake that most companies do, they opt for the obscurity is security model.
No, their mistake is that they went for the "let's sell something under cost price, and hope that customers will have to keep spending money on our overpriced services" business model. See also consoles, printers, etc. This works especially badly if the service is a trivial digital operation, like downloading a file from a camera.
The solution is to manufacture a camera and sell it for its cost plus a profit margin.
So how do you protect yourself from a DDOS attack?
Rumour has it you can get an extra expensive "extra subscriber" account at Slashdot if you pay enough, and then they promise they won't link to you.
Let's start with something relatively easy and tiny. Let's harness the power of a hurricane. There's a lot of power there, should be easy to turn into useful energy, right?