From the comic pdf, it looks like they've completely missed the original point.
He had resigned because... that is never stated... and then he is kidnapped but he doesn't know which side kidnapped him.
The guards didn't use guns. Aside from Rover, it was purely psychological. Even the times he escaped, he was betrayed by people he thought he could trust who turned out to be working for The Village.
You know, the type that parrots around here against the patent system (or at the very least, software patents), and screaming how they use Pirate Bay to protest them?
Pirate Bay is more about copyright. Not too many people go to Pirate Bay to find a torrent of the latest metallurgical advancements.
How about the individuals who demand our government buy price-controlled medicine from Canada to deny the organization who discovered it the fruits of their labor, and the ability to recoup their investment?
That depends upon what you mean by "recoup". Are you talking 1=1 where they make back the money they spent only on that project? Or 10x the money? or 100x the money? or where they can keep turning a profit on that research forever just because they were the first ones to get it filed?
Creators and inventors see a hostile environment for profiting off their works, so they stop investing in creating and inventing. Film at 11.
No. The "hostile environment" for real research is from patent trolls.
The "hostile environment" for copyright is from one company that wants to keep turning a profit off of a cartoon of a mouse.
Just look at the salaries that are paid in those industries. And the multi-million dollar awards given them by the courts.
Guenneau said that it's possible to shield an object, even a building, so that an incoming earthquake wave behaves as if the object weren't there. The building in the path of the wave is like a rock in a fast-flowing river, he said.
Having seen my share of rivers, I can pretty much say that the water pattern DOES change when it hits a rock.
And that the rock is more solid than the water.
With an earthquake, isn't the building less solid than than Earth?
"It's the same picture, the wave pattern, as for a water wave that is propagating in a river, and it's bent smoothly around the rock and will be reconstructed around the rock." The object, or building, is "invisible" to the mechanical waves.
And because it is done "smoothly", the top of the rock will never have water splashed upon it.
Maybe their technology does work, but their analogies do not.
The avatars look nothing like real humans. This would be more like a "choose your own adventure" game.
Do you have a cough? Yes. Is it dry, whooping, etc, etc, etc... ?
I had pneumonia two years ago. When I went to the doctor he had one of their interns come in so she could listen to what early pneumonia sounded like in different parts of the chest and whether I was inhaling or exhaling.
This sounds more like trying to train marksmanship with Halo. The game interface is completely different from what you'll encounter in real life.
...With the users. More often than not it isn't the IT department's fault that something goes wrong but rather a user breaks it.
So your IT department ends up with servers/services that are designed correctly (by the vendor) are when a user does something stupid ONLY THAT USER IS AFFECTED.
Other servers/services are "designed" by idiots and any user can cause problems for every other user just by doing something stupid.
So the monthly meeting shows that you have +2,000 points (-0) for service A +1,500 points (-0) for service B +1,000 points (-200) for service C +300 point (-800) points for service D
Without knowing anything else about those systems, where would you probably start looking for improvements to be made?
For example, for every fax successfully sent via the fax server without IT intervention, the IT department gets one point.
For every fax that needs IT intervention to be sent, the IT department loses one point.
For every person who becomes aware of a problem with the fax server, the IT department loses one point. No more "heroics". The goal is to be as invisible as possible to the end users.
And similar items for every other server/service that IT supports. If nothing else, it will show exactly where the problems really are.
Do you really believe that a company would hire a Wikipedia admin to wedge an article about said company onto Wikipedia because said company was looking for a NEUTRAL point of view?
Is that because there just aren't enough decent writers out there? Or that those other decent writers want way too much money?
Or is it because those companies believe that an admin would have the best chance of getting a biased story posted?
It doesn't matter where the 3 attempts come from. On the 3rd failure, the account is locked.
Yes, this does allow for DoS attacks. So what? It's better to have the legitimate owner locked out so that he can call to find out why than it is to have his account cracked.
You are comparing a stationary robot designed to perform one specific task repeatedly on objects that do not move and are always in the same position, with one that would have to be designed move and operate within an environment designed for humans and interact with multiple types of obstructions and perform many different tasks.
Flashback to T1 - they showed dogs living with the humans to detect the robots. So if those quads could make it, why wouldn't robot quads have as easy a time?
And the robots should be built with a single purpose - to exterminate humans.
Since these robots would need to perform multiple types tasks, we would need to give them hands of some kind, and while the claw design is good for just picking things up, it has some serious deficiencies in the way of manipulation, or using anything that a human hand can use.
Why would it need to pick anything up? If there are humans hiding beneath something it cannot shoot through, it calls in an artillery strike.
Likewise, they could mount a gun hand and we could have Samas Aran on the battle fiend, but what happens when the gun jams.
It updates the report of human activity and runs itself back to the support robot to be repaired. The gun is only used as a range weapon.
It can't just drop the gun and draw another. It's attached just like the welder on the assembly line robot in your comparison.
Exactly. And the welding robots have a far HIGHER reliability rate than the humans with the welding equipment do. That's because the systems are simplified and have fewer problems.
You have to deactivate it and bring the whole unit in for repair.
Why? It's a mobile AI. It can diagnose the problem and run itself back for repair... then back to the front line.
But if you give it the option of holstering that weapon and drawing another, or even picking one up from a fallen enemy, and the robot can keep fighting.
Then just put TWO weapons systems on the chassis. The robot can kill twice as many humans while still maintaining a backup system for when one is jammed.
And, again, those are only the RANGED weapons. The dog-shape can still use teeth and claws.
There are many places a human could go that a dog-shape could not. Our strength is climbing, something that our vertical stance gives us a bit of an advantage in.
Anyplace that a human could climb that a quadruped could not would be negated by the quadruped firing bullets at the human.
Also, it could be that being the learning computer it is took a look at human history and found that nothing has been as successful at killing humans than other, often stronger and more numerous humans. So it made a stronger and more numerous human.
Discounting the fact that disease has (until recently) killed more humans than other humans have... it isn't the human form that makes killing humans easy. It's the weapons. The weapons are machines. Yet the machine overlord does not seem to grasp that basic concept.
Instead of attaching an AI targeting computer to a machine gun... the machine overlord builds a metal human and has it carry the machine gun in its metal human hands.
But then, if the writers could write a decent story, SkyNet would win in the first couple of weeks.
exactly, plus, bipedal robots could use the same gear that a human would, whether it's armor or weaponry, and could even use the same vehicles as a human.
Now go look at the robots designed to build cars. Do they use the same tools that the humans did? No.
The tools that humans use are designed to overcome deficiencies in the human form. Why would new robots be designed with those same deficiencies?
It would be easier for the factory to use the human equipment and scrap metal and build whatever it needed from that instead of trying to re-use it in its current form.
Quadrupeds and snakes are where it is at. A dog-shape can go just about anywhere a human shape can go and snakes can get through almost any barrier that would block the dog shape. So what you end up with is a dog-shape with snake-type extensions. Or tentacles that can slip through small holes and fire bullets.
The only reason for the human-style robots were to blend in with humans. Exterminating humans does not require that you blend in with them.
But human-style "robots" are easier to hire actors for. And to write dialog for.
unfortunately all of that made to plot move slower than a glacier
And none of them mattered.
Once the killer robot gets a head shot on the boy (he's dead, no chance of resuscitation) the show is over. The "very complex plot with many main characters" collapses because there is nothing else to carry it.
Movie 1. Robot from the future comes back in time to kill someone but another human is also sent back in time to try to save them.
Movie 2. See 1 but there is another robot sent back instead of a human.
Movie 3. See 2.
TV series, see 3.
Will the killer robot kill the hero this week? Will the hero robot kill the killer robot this week? And the plot never changes. The killer robot doesn't take out the rest of humanity. It doesn't even try to kill his grandparents. Great-grandparents. Etc.
Yankee Group calls this the Anywhere initiative, which is partly about making mobility in a city infrastructure more flexible, efficient and scalable. In this model, anything can be an end point, including portable gadgets, your vehicle, an office building and your home.
Jeffrey Breen, chief technology officer at the Yankee Group, says that the IP-based, packet-switched cloud model in the enterprise can apply to city infrastructure -- that is, as a vast, interconnected smart grid and social network with widespread and reliable wireless access. Mobile citizens would be a click away from city services.
Imagine it. a quarter million devices connecting to your wireless "cloud".
None of which were spec'ed or validated by you or your group.
Tech support nightmare. Not to mention maintaining all the access points.
This is not "Utopia". This is WiFi. A means of connecting wireless devices (most of them) to services (most of the time).
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Oh, yeah. The rules are different if you're the government than if you're a regular company.
From the comic pdf, it looks like they've completely missed the original point.
He had resigned because ... that is never stated ... and then he is kidnapped but he doesn't know which side kidnapped him.
The guards didn't use guns. Aside from Rover, it was purely psychological. Even the times he escaped, he was betrayed by people he thought he could trust who turned out to be working for The Village.
Psychological. That's the key.
Pirate Bay is more about copyright. Not too many people go to Pirate Bay to find a torrent of the latest metallurgical advancements.
That depends upon what you mean by "recoup". Are you talking 1=1 where they make back the money they spent only on that project? Or 10x the money? or 100x the money? or where they can keep turning a profit on that research forever just because they were the first ones to get it filed?
No. The "hostile environment" for real research is from patent trolls.
The "hostile environment" for copyright is from one company that wants to keep turning a profit off of a cartoon of a mouse.
Just look at the salaries that are paid in those industries. And the multi-million dollar awards given them by the courts.
But somewhere in the line there was an executive/manager who said "there isn't a problem" or "spammers won't bother with us" or some such.
It's very difficult to explain a problem BEFORE it happens to someone who has a vested interest in not understanding the issue.
A patent on an IMPLEMENTATION of an idea is a good thing.
A patent on an idea itself ... that's stupid. And that's what we're stuck with today.
Having seen my share of rivers, I can pretty much say that the water pattern DOES change when it hits a rock.
And that the rock is more solid than the water.
With an earthquake, isn't the building less solid than than Earth?
And because it is done "smoothly", the top of the rock will never have water splashed upon it.
Maybe their technology does work, but their analogies do not.
The avatars look nothing like real humans. This would be more like a "choose your own adventure" game.
Do you have a cough? ... ?
Yes.
Is it dry, whooping, etc, etc, etc
I had pneumonia two years ago. When I went to the doctor he had one of their interns come in so she could listen to what early pneumonia sounded like in different parts of the chest and whether I was inhaling or exhaling.
This sounds more like trying to train marksmanship with Halo. The game interface is completely different from what you'll encounter in real life.
So your IT department ends up with servers/services that are designed correctly (by the vendor) are when a user does something stupid ONLY THAT USER IS AFFECTED.
Other servers/services are "designed" by idiots and any user can cause problems for every other user just by doing something stupid.
So the monthly meeting shows that you have
+2,000 points (-0) for service A
+1,500 points (-0) for service B
+1,000 points (-200) for service C
+300 point (-800) points for service D
Without knowing anything else about those systems, where would you probably start looking for improvements to be made?
For example, for every fax successfully sent via the fax server without IT intervention, the IT department gets one point.
For every fax that needs IT intervention to be sent, the IT department loses one point.
For every person who becomes aware of a problem with the fax server, the IT department loses one point. No more "heroics". The goal is to be as invisible as possible to the end users.
And similar items for every other server/service that IT supports. If nothing else, it will show exactly where the problems really are.
Do you really believe that a company would hire a Wikipedia admin to wedge an article about said company onto Wikipedia because said company was looking for a NEUTRAL point of view?
Is that because there just aren't enough decent writers out there? Or that those other decent writers want way too much money?
Or is it because those companies believe that an admin would have the best chance of getting a biased story posted?
How many people would support The Church of Scientology paying people to edit and publish stories on Wikipedia?
Still not clear enough?
How many people would support The Church of Scientology paying a Wikipedia ADMIN to edit and publish stories on Wikipedia?
First off, there should NOT be any indication whether the username was valid or not. It's as simple as that.
Secondly, the issue really comes down to whether a DoS attack is better/worse than a compromised account.
I'm on the side that believes compromised accounts are WAY worse than a DoS attack.
It doesn't matter where the 3 attempts come from. On the 3rd failure, the account is locked.
Yes, this does allow for DoS attacks. So what? It's better to have the legitimate owner locked out so that he can call to find out why than it is to have his account cracked.
Most systems have a "three strikes and you're out for 5 minutes". So that kind of makes 65 guesses a minute impossible. You'd have 3 every 5 minutes.
The solution is not complexity. It is limiting the number of attempts and logging the process and having a HUMAN review the logs on a daily basis.
So the humans are marching away while the quads move 20x faster than they are and have guns attached to them with AI targeting systems.
And they're robots so they don't need to rest until their power supplies run out.
Flashback to T1 - they showed dogs living with the humans to detect the robots. So if those quads could make it, why wouldn't robot quads have as easy a time?
And the robots should be built with a single purpose - to exterminate humans.
Why would it need to pick anything up? If there are humans hiding beneath something it cannot shoot through, it calls in an artillery strike.
It updates the report of human activity and runs itself back to the support robot to be repaired. The gun is only used as a range weapon.
Exactly. And the welding robots have a far HIGHER reliability rate than the humans with the welding equipment do. That's because the systems are simplified and have fewer problems.
Why? It's a mobile AI. It can diagnose the problem and run itself back for repair ... then back to the front line.
Then just put TWO weapons systems on the chassis. The robot can kill twice as many humans while still maintaining a backup system for when one is jammed.
And, again, those are only the RANGED weapons. The dog-shape can still use teeth and claws.
And run faster than a human.
Anyplace that a human could climb that a quadruped could not would be negated by the quadruped firing bullets at the human.
Discounting the fact that disease has (until recently) killed more humans than other humans have ... it isn't the human form that makes killing humans easy. It's the weapons. The weapons are machines. Yet the machine overlord does not seem to grasp that basic concept.
Instead of attaching an AI targeting computer to a machine gun ... the machine overlord builds a metal human and has it carry the machine gun in its metal human hands.
But then, if the writers could write a decent story, SkyNet would win in the first couple of weeks.
Now go look at the robots designed to build cars. Do they use the same tools that the humans did? No.
The tools that humans use are designed to overcome deficiencies in the human form. Why would new robots be designed with those same deficiencies?
It would be easier for the factory to use the human equipment and scrap metal and build whatever it needed from that instead of trying to re-use it in its current form.
Who cares about bipedal or treads?
Quadrupeds and snakes are where it is at. A dog-shape can go just about anywhere a human shape can go and snakes can get through almost any barrier that would block the dog shape. So what you end up with is a dog-shape with snake-type extensions. Or tentacles that can slip through small holes and fire bullets.
The only reason for the human-style robots were to blend in with humans. Exterminating humans does not require that you blend in with them.
But human-style "robots" are easier to hire actors for. And to write dialog for.
Yet if you look at how all the OTHER animals have evolved, quadruped seems far more efficient, and faster, and dangerous.
Not to mention that a quad can take more structural damage and still function as a weapons platform.
And none of them mattered.
Once the killer robot gets a head shot on the boy (he's dead, no chance of resuscitation) the show is over. The "very complex plot with many main characters" collapses because there is nothing else to carry it.
A well written series would not have that flaw.
Movie 1. Robot from the future comes back in time to kill someone but another human is also sent back in time to try to save them.
Movie 2. See 1 but there is another robot sent back instead of a human.
Movie 3. See 2.
TV series, see 3.
Will the killer robot kill the hero this week? Will the hero robot kill the killer robot this week? And the plot never changes. The killer robot doesn't take out the rest of humanity. It doesn't even try to kill his grandparents. Great-grandparents. Etc.
Imagine it. a quarter million devices connecting to your wireless "cloud".
None of which were spec'ed or validated by you or your group.
Tech support nightmare. Not to mention maintaining all the access points.
This is not "Utopia". This is WiFi. A means of connecting wireless devices (most of them) to services (most of the time).
Everything you see today, only larger, faster and cheaper.
Nice "vision". Where can I get a job like that?
And I have never had any problem with them. Even on 50 servers running at full Gig. No errors.