Short version (and please note that English is not my native language):
First, it's not a "perpetual machine" as some idiots claim because you need electrical power to make it work.
The great thing of this drive is that as it does not need fuel (electricity only) then you do not have to carry a fuel tank with you, and therefore your reach becomes limited only by the amount of electricity you can generate (as example we already have technology to make a reasonable nuclear reactor run for years in space).
Multiply a small constant impulse for a few months or years and you can achieve speeds impossible with current rockets, thus making it possible to explore other planets in a plausible period of time
In fact it is a matter of choice for the super-rich. If the mass automation works we will have a very big mass of people who have no way to support themselves for not having jobs, and note the crucial detail that they will not get jobs even being excellent workers. They will not have jobs because they are lazy as some right-wing retards will claim, they will not have jobs for the lack of jobs.
This mass of people will not go away, then the super-rich will have three choices:
A) Build a robot army of exterminators to eliminate the "surplus people" (me, you, anyone that is not super-rich);
B) Do nothing and be killed sooner or later in the wake of the mass of hungry and desperate people;
C) Use a portion of the billions obtained through automation and create a basic income to avoid the consequences of option B;
Uhhh... You do not understand, I was ironic. Obviously Windows 7 should win, but as Microsoft does not get more money from it then it will force Windows 10 we like it or not. That's why I said that the free market does not really exist.
Why the US finance rebellions in my country, help to overthrow the democratically elected president, bribes all politicians to take the newly discovered "pre-sal" petroleum to them while the Brazilian people gets screwed?
If we Brazilians had nuclear weapons none of that I described would have happened. Now you understand why countries spend in nuclear weapons?
True, jobs per se will never completely disappear. But, the fundamental problem is how many of these jobs will pay enough for you to live from it. It will not help you get a job as a gardener if your salary is not enough even to not go hungry.
The idea from this series is a good start. The "BASIC" income system from the story is, as the name says, basic. You will not go hungry and will have a simple place to live, but if you want something beyond that you need to look for a job.
When all or most jobs disappear It will be critical the existence of a UBI. Unless you know a way to literally kill all who will be jobless (and notice that these people will not go down without a fight). I think it's better to implement a UBI than try to kill 90% of humanity, do you think?
On the relevance of the theme for Slashdot, I honestly believe it is really important when it involves the employment of all who read it. You will not be able to read technology news if you don't have a job or if you are trying to escape the hunters-killers of the 1%.
On Brazil, right now, the theatrical experience is a PoS. Dirty projection room, projectors inadequate and poorly maintained, inadequate screen, really expensive (and bad) popcorn and mediocre projection quality. Is way better to simply get a big TV and see your films at home.
Way, way more difficult because of the usual lunatics (religious, psychopaths in government offices, third world dictators, lawyers, etc). Or in other words, it is much more difficult because your success depends on the cooperation of a lot of people who do not want to cooperate with you.
They need to do this to force users to dispose of old consoles and buy new consoles (and keep doing this). But I am surprised by the lack of character of marketing departments wanting to promise the impossible (real 4K on a console when neither expensive computers can do this)
In Brazil we have a phrase for it: "Maldita inclusão digital!" (Damn digital inclusion!). Meaning that has become so easy to use a computer that now any fool can comment on./ (gives a beer to NotAPK).
Speak only for yourself. One of the biggest reasons I ignore Twitter is the inability to be able to write any comment minimally useful because of size limitations. It is like a conversation between brats.
I failed to understand your ignorance (or arrogance)... Try putting a battery that can not be replaced in a flashlight, in a notebook or on any device whose lifespan is far greater than any current battery. Go back to your basement, you are not able to understand the real world.
Implications, implications... In this case the dog would be just another way to accuse you of having a "suspicious pendrive", as another Slashdotter noted the dog's reaction needs to be interpreted by the police and this can interpret what he wants when his goal is to plant a false proof. And for reasons? Well, a fascist not need a lot of reasons. You do not having the correct skin color and the right clothes can be reason enough for him.
My honest guess is that puny humans are terrified of the possibility of an artificial intelligence that try to analyze their actions and conclude that they are completely illogical and irrational, and then try to fix it.
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Short version (and please note that English is not my native language):
First, it's not a "perpetual machine" as some idiots claim because you need electrical power to make it work. The great thing of this drive is that as it does not need fuel (electricity only) then you do not have to carry a fuel tank with you, and therefore your reach becomes limited only by the amount of electricity you can generate (as example we already have technology to make a reasonable nuclear reactor run for years in space). Multiply a small constant impulse for a few months or years and you can achieve speeds impossible with current rockets, thus making it possible to explore other planets in a plausible period of time
In ten years we will see who was naive...
In fact it is a matter of choice for the super-rich. If the mass automation works we will have a very big mass of people who have no way to support themselves for not having jobs, and note the crucial detail that they will not get jobs even being excellent workers. They will not have jobs because they are lazy as some right-wing retards will claim, they will not have jobs for the lack of jobs.
This mass of people will not go away, then the super-rich will have three choices:
A) Build a robot army of exterminators to eliminate the "surplus people" (me, you, anyone that is not super-rich);
B) Do nothing and be killed sooner or later in the wake of the mass of hungry and desperate people;
C) Use a portion of the billions obtained through automation and create a basic income to avoid the consequences of option B;
Uhhh... You do not understand, I was ironic. Obviously Windows 7 should win, but as Microsoft does not get more money from it then it will force Windows 10 we like it or not. That's why I said that the free market does not really exist.
True "free market economy" do not exist.
You just need one of these
Why the US finance rebellions in my country, help to overthrow the democratically elected president, bribes all politicians to take the newly discovered "pre-sal" petroleum to them while the Brazilian people gets screwed?
If we Brazilians had nuclear weapons none of that I described would have happened. Now you understand why countries spend in nuclear weapons?
"Because a world dominated by the US is all peaches and cream?"
In comparison, yes.
Only for north-americans... For everyone else will be hell.
Why someone would mark a perfectly valid question like this as "overrated"?
Very good history, thanks
True, jobs per se will never completely disappear. But, the fundamental problem is how many of these jobs will pay enough for you to live from it. It will not help you get a job as a gardener if your salary is not enough even to not go hungry.
The idea from this series is a good start. The "BASIC" income system from the story is, as the name says, basic. You will not go hungry and will have a simple place to live, but if you want something beyond that you need to look for a job.
When all or most jobs disappear It will be critical the existence of a UBI. Unless you know a way to literally kill all who will be jobless (and notice that these people will not go down without a fight). I think it's better to implement a UBI than try to kill 90% of humanity, do you think?
On the relevance of the theme for Slashdot, I honestly believe it is really important when it involves the employment of all who read it. You will not be able to read technology news if you don't have a job or if you are trying to escape the hunters-killers of the 1%.
On Brazil, right now, the theatrical experience is a PoS. Dirty projection room, projectors inadequate and poorly maintained, inadequate screen, really expensive (and bad) popcorn and mediocre projection quality. Is way better to simply get a big TV and see your films at home.
The logic of this people sounds like the logic of a 9 years-old brat that believes to be the "Haxxor".
Way, way more difficult because of the usual lunatics (religious, psychopaths in government offices, third world dictators, lawyers, etc). Or in other words, it is much more difficult because your success depends on the cooperation of a lot of people who do not want to cooperate with you.
They need to do this to force users to dispose of old consoles and buy new consoles (and keep doing this). But I am surprised by the lack of character of marketing departments wanting to promise the impossible (real 4K on a console when neither expensive computers can do this)
A Intel current-gen CPU with 40 PCIe lanes is ridiculously expensive, you should take this into consideration.
In Brazil we have a phrase for it: "Maldita inclusão digital!" (Damn digital inclusion!). Meaning that has become so easy to use a computer that now any fool can comment on ./ (gives a beer to NotAPK).
Do not forget that the giant robots, for unknown reasons, must be piloted by troubled teenagers.
Speak only for yourself. One of the biggest reasons I ignore Twitter is the inability to be able to write any comment minimally useful because of size limitations. It is like a conversation between brats.
I failed to understand your ignorance (or arrogance) ... Try putting a battery that can not be replaced in a flashlight, in a notebook or on any device whose lifespan is far greater than any current battery. Go back to your basement, you are not able to understand the real world.
Implications, implications... In this case the dog would be just another way to accuse you of having a "suspicious pendrive", as another Slashdotter noted the dog's reaction needs to be interpreted by the police and this can interpret what he wants when his goal is to plant a false proof. And for reasons? Well, a fascist not need a lot of reasons. You do not having the correct skin color and the right clothes can be reason enough for him.
My honest guess is that puny humans are terrified of the possibility of an artificial intelligence that try to analyze their actions and conclude that they are completely illogical and irrational, and then try to fix it.
I'm having a hard time trying to decide if your comment is funny, ironic or tragically true.