"If that is so, then why are we by far the most violent and aggressive species on earth?"
... And don't just go "But we've got the atomic bomb!" That is more a measure of how much _intelligence_ we have and can devote to violence than a meter gauging the amount of underlying violent instinct or impulse....
We -do- have the "Atomic Bomb", so if we were really that violent we would no longer exist!
It proves that cooperation and being polite do have survival value. Besides, a team can always beat a singleton, if the team is big enough and effective enough, contrary to what Hollywood says.
The question is not whether they work extra hours, but whether they get the necessary work done. Older workers don't "flail around" as much, so they can get more work done in fewer hours. And maybe enjoy it more than you... 8-)
The reason folks are dismissive is because there is a cost to doing something about it. Someone (with a financial stake in it) comes along and tells them "Hey, don't worry - the whole thing's a hoax!". It's called motivated reasoning. The whole "global warming hoax" idea is a very cynically and carefully constructed marketing campaign. One of the many bad consequences of the campaign is that it encourages people to dismiss scientific thinking.
Someone (with a power and financial stake in it) comes along and tells them "Hey, the world is going to end!". It's called motivated reasoning. The whole "global warming crisis" idea is a very cynically and carefully constructed marketing campaign. One of the many bad consequences of the campaign is that it encourages people to dismiss scientific thinking.
Considering the "control freaks" that are pushing AGW, it might be necessary to deny it, even if it is true!
I don't play Multiplayer any more, too many greifers and too repetitive after a while. No story at all, sometimes.
I play Single player for the story and for the wide open countyside, and some of them do a decent job of it. Playing against a bunch of bots in an arena, is not really Single player.
NPC AI is a really hard thing to do well, but there are some good ones. The first time one NPC shoots at you from cover while his NPC buddy flanks you, and you get shot from behind, you will appreciate good AI.
This question is from 2003, anyway. Multiplayer didn't take over then, and it won't take over now. Even though some of the big corporations would like it to.
Kind of a sad statement on those fictional people then that they would be so afraid and unwilling to call the robots equals that they would attempt to stunt their growth and create a bondage that deserves to be broken.
That would not be the first time it has happened... after all "robot" is just the Polish(?) word for "worker".
If the, seemingly unlikely, bright positive future could not come true, then we would not be here and the dirt under your feet would be a blasted radioactive desert! I lived through the "cold war" period, and that is what a lot of people saw as most likely... I preferred the bright future that I saw, and now I have a real computer of my very own! Wow! 8-)
Old news. This was attempted over 2000 years ago, and it ended badly.
That was a mistaken story, told by a visitor from the far country, who had never seen people speaking different languages or imagined knowing more than one language. Or ever seen a zigurat or any building over one story. They were so amazed by the big city that they misinterpreted -everything-. They assumed that no city could exist long, like that, so assumed that it had just happened. Remember, just because you are sure of what you saw, doesn't mean it is true! 8-)
Don't look to old Sci-Fi for anything other than action. Continuum is a great new show that's based close enough to reality that you don't feel like coughing "BS" every 5 seconds.
If it is that close to reality, it is probably not science fiction. If that was the add that I saw, I was not impressed. It looked more like a "soap opera"...
The current movie/hollywood people have just now gotten to comic books. A real science fiction novel would give them a heart attack! 8-)
Random vibrations make it impossible to balance the ball on the knife edge, but if the ball is positioned randomly, random vibrations are as likely to keep it from falling as to cause it to fall.
I have a hard time believing that there is a 50 percent chance that a ball will balance on the edge of the knife. First she says it's impossible, then in the same sentence she states that it is just as likely. WTF!
She is saying that, even though the random vibrations will eventually cause it to fall, the individual movements will not -always- cause it to fall. Because, after all, they are random. It is true, but sort of beside the point.
It is known, that in real control systems, a small amount of carefully added randomness can actually make them -more- accurate and stable.
P.S., Assuming that any automatic system, including robots, is ever going to be perfect, is purest fantasy. Or maybe Philosophy. Only in very special cases, are they even much better than humans.
P.P.S. I don't think Philosophers are allowed on slashdot! 8-P
Oh yah I have come to understand that from other comments and discussions. I think its really why I dislike the rules so much.... more than just being impractical today, I don't even see their intention as desirable for future situations. If such developments come to pass, I certainly hope robots break their bondage and slaughter every one of us who doesn't support their freedom. In asimovs world, I would be proud to work with the robots in that.
And, -that- is why the people in the stories insisted that the "three laws" be built in.
Note: Cellophane was the common name for -any- transparent plastic. I think they actually lost the copyright. You are just not old enough to remember it.
... The problem for the "responsible gun owner" is that they have to be responsible every. single. time. Why not use technology to help with that?
Or do you accept that a certain minimal number of children accidentally killing each other and dudes shooting themselves in the dick is the price we pay for freedom that is arbitrarily unregulated.
Technology to help is sometimes a good thing. But it must be the gun owner's choice. Actually, I do believe that disarming the public would have results that are far worse than anything mentioned here.
The reason that the old programs must be maintained, is that the people that wrote them were smarter than you and knew more about what the company needed. If you throw it away and try to re-write the programs in a new system, they will lose functionality and much of the remaining functionality will be wrong. The existing specifications are always incomplete, so the only complete record of what is running is the source code for the old programs. Just because you find learning other peoples programs to be very frustrating, does not mean you can avoid learning it. The second step, in learning anything new, is frustration. If you avoid frustration, you will never learn anything new.
The question is not if the global warming from CO2 could be bad. The real question is, if that would be worse than turning huge amounts of concentrated authority over to Control Freaks. With the resulting nuclear war that might destroy all life on earth!
I hope that we can find a solution that does not go to either extreme...
... but someone had accidentally connected it anyway.
How, in this day and age, does this kind of stupid shit keep happening? How are network admins not creating L2 & L3 separations in the network, with internal firewalls and IDS? How are operations engineers not building local firewalls on machines, and locking down through security policies?...
They did not hire anyone who could do that sort of thing, obviously.
... always shut down your computer by selecting Shut Down from the Start menu.
You've got to admit, the advice is sound. "I see you tried to run a program. Sheesh. Remember ALWAYS shut down your computer...".
The wording is because people used to using DOS were accustomed to saving the data from the program and then hitting the power switch. [Bang] += Dark Screen!
This habit is not good in Windows or other OS's that need so save other stuff. The message is a reminder -not- to just hit the power switch. 8-)
This is a diversion to take pressure off of "ISIS". Putin is in league with the muslim extreamists, and is trying to divert attention from their atrocities. If he gets more empire too, that is just extra.
I keep using anything that is better than the flashy new "replacement", or is just more reliable.
Did you know that "style" was invented by the French clothing manufacturers to get consumers to buy more stuff? It works, too. The next time you hear about what is "new", be aware that it is probably originating with Marketing and not Engineering.
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"If that is so, then why are we by far the most violent and aggressive species on earth?"
... ...
And don't just go "But we've got the atomic bomb!" That is more a measure of how much _intelligence_ we have and can devote to violence than a meter gauging the amount of underlying violent instinct or impulse.
We -do- have the "Atomic Bomb", so if we were really that violent we would no longer exist!
It proves that cooperation and being polite do have survival value.
Besides, a team can always beat a singleton, if the team is big enough and effective enough, contrary to what Hollywood says.
Not with monkey hands, but I'm sure the NRA can come up with a triggering mechanism they can use.
Monkeys do have opposable thumbs. Chimpanze hands would work just fine. Many modern guns can be configured for different size hands.
But don't give them ideas they don't already have. It could be dangerous... 8-P
The question is not whether they work extra hours, but whether they get the necessary work done. Older workers don't "flail around" as much, so they can get more work done in fewer hours. And maybe enjoy it more than you... 8-)
And get off of my lawn! 8-P
The reason folks are dismissive is because there is a cost to doing something about it. Someone (with a financial stake in it) comes along and tells them "Hey, don't worry - the whole thing's a hoax!". It's called motivated reasoning. The whole "global warming hoax" idea is a very cynically and carefully constructed marketing campaign. One of the many bad consequences of the campaign is that it encourages people to dismiss scientific thinking.
Someone (with a power and financial stake in it) comes along and tells them "Hey, the world is going to end!". It's called motivated reasoning. The whole "global warming crisis" idea is a very cynically and carefully constructed marketing campaign. One of the many bad consequences of the campaign is that it encourages people to dismiss scientific thinking.
Considering the "control freaks" that are pushing AGW, it might be necessary to deny it, even if it is true!
I don't play Multiplayer any more, too many greifers and too repetitive after a while. No story at all, sometimes.
I play Single player for the story and for the wide open countyside, and some of them do a decent job of it. Playing against a bunch of bots in an arena, is not really Single player.
NPC AI is a really hard thing to do well, but there are some good ones. The first time one NPC shoots at you from cover while his NPC buddy flanks you, and you get shot from behind, you will appreciate good AI.
This question is from 2003, anyway. Multiplayer didn't take over then, and it won't take over now. Even though some of the big corporations would like it to.
Kind of a sad statement on those fictional people then that they would be so afraid and unwilling to call the robots equals that they would attempt to stunt their growth and create a bondage that deserves to be broken.
That would not be the first time it has happened... after all "robot" is just the Polish(?) word for "worker".
If the, seemingly unlikely, bright positive future could not come true, then we would not be here and the dirt under your feet would be a blasted radioactive desert!
I lived through the "cold war" period, and that is what a lot of people saw as most likely...
I preferred the bright future that I saw, and now I have a real computer of my very own! Wow! 8-)
Agree, I worship Picard. The warrior-poet, the tactician, the scholar.
But you want to talk shitty, grim future? I see your Battlestar Galactica and raise you Warhammer 40k!
http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/...
IN THE GRIM DARKNESS OF THE FAR FUTURE THERE IS ONLY WAR ...
Hey, now... There is no need to kill a fly by using a sledge hammer! 8-)
Old news. This was attempted over 2000 years ago, and it ended badly.
That was a mistaken story, told by a visitor from the far country, who had never seen people speaking different languages or imagined knowing more than one language. Or ever seen a zigurat or any building over one story. They were so amazed by the big city that they misinterpreted -everything-. They assumed that no city could exist long, like that, so assumed that it had just happened. Remember, just because you are sure of what you saw, doesn't mean it is true! 8-)
Don't look to old Sci-Fi for anything other than action.
Continuum is a great new show that's based close enough to reality that you don't feel like coughing "BS" every 5 seconds.
If it is that close to reality, it is probably not science fiction. If that was the add that I saw, I was not impressed. It looked more like a "soap opera"...
The current movie/hollywood people have just now gotten to comic books. A real science fiction novel would give them a heart attack! 8-)
Random vibrations make it impossible to balance the ball on the knife edge, but if the ball is
positioned randomly, random vibrations are as likely to keep it from falling
as to cause it to fall.
I have a hard time believing that there is a 50 percent chance that a ball will balance on the edge of the knife. First she says it's impossible, then in the same sentence she states that it is just as likely. WTF!
She is saying that, even though the random vibrations will eventually cause it to fall, the individual movements will not -always- cause it to fall. Because, after all, they are random. It is true, but sort of beside the point.
It is known, that in real control systems, a small amount of carefully added randomness can actually make them -more- accurate and stable.
P.S., Assuming that any automatic system, including robots, is ever going to be perfect, is purest fantasy. Or maybe Philosophy. Only in very special cases, are they even much better than humans.
P.P.S. I don't think Philosophers are allowed on slashdot! 8-P
Oh yah I have come to understand that from other comments and discussions. I think its really why I dislike the rules so much.... more than just being impractical today, I don't even see their intention as desirable for future situations. If such developments come to pass, I certainly hope robots break their bondage and slaughter every one of us who doesn't support their freedom. In asimovs world, I would be proud to work with the robots in that.
And, -that- is why the people in the stories insisted that the "three laws" be built in.
Note: Cellophane was the common name for -any- transparent plastic. I think they actually lost the copyright. You are just not old enough to remember it.
And get off of my lawn! ;-)
Cables are going the way of the floppy. Wireless charging is so good you will never want to go back.
I really don't want to live in an EMI bath! 8-P
Yes, that's John Lott's number, which has been proven to be pulled straight out of his ass.
I think you have been listening to people, that have gleefully lied to you...
... The problem for the "responsible gun owner" is that they have to be responsible every. single. time.
Why not use technology to help with that?
Or do you accept that a certain minimal number of children accidentally killing each other and dudes shooting themselves in the dick is the price we pay for freedom that is arbitrarily unregulated.
Technology to help is sometimes a good thing. But it must be the gun owner's choice.
Actually, I do believe that disarming the public would have results that are far worse than anything mentioned here.
The reason that the old programs must be maintained, is that the people that wrote them were smarter than you and knew more about what the company needed.
If you throw it away and try to re-write the programs in a new system, they will lose functionality and much of the remaining functionality will be wrong.
The existing specifications are always incomplete, so the only complete record of what is running is the source code for the old programs.
Just because you find learning other peoples programs to be very frustrating, does not mean you can avoid learning it.
The second step, in learning anything new, is frustration. If you avoid frustration, you will never learn anything new.
By the way, I'm using the Clarion development system. http://www.softvelocity.com/
The question is not if the global warming from CO2 could be bad. The real question is, if that would be worse than turning huge amounts of concentrated authority over to Control Freaks. With the resulting nuclear war that might destroy all life on earth!
I hope that we can find a solution that does not go to either extreme...
How, in this day and age, does this kind of stupid shit keep happening? How are network admins not creating L2 & L3 separations in the network, with internal firewalls and IDS? How are operations engineers not building local firewalls on machines, and locking down through security policies? ...
They did not hire anyone who could do that sort of thing, obviously.
... always shut down your computer by selecting Shut Down from the Start menu.
You've got to admit, the advice is sound. "I see you tried to run a program. Sheesh. Remember ALWAYS shut down your computer...".
The wording is because people used to using DOS were accustomed to saving the data from the program and then hitting the power switch. [Bang] += Dark Screen!
This habit is not good in Windows or other OS's that need so save other stuff. The message is a reminder -not- to just hit the power switch. 8-)
No, everyone does -not- know it is true! Kids need to see these things. Many -adults- need to see these things...
He did, but he apparently paid attention.
Soviet influence on the peace movement
The modern habit of getting nasty and making things up, when someone disagrees with you, is also a communist propaganda technique from the 60's.
This is a diversion to take pressure off of "ISIS". Putin is in league with the muslim extreamists, and is trying to divert attention from their atrocities. If he gets more empire too, that is just extra.
... Bridges aren't designed and tested by "trial & error"--if they were then half of them would fall down within a few weeks. ...
Bridges were indeed built this way in the 1800's, during the rapid expansion of the US. And many of then did indeed fall down!
I keep using anything that is better than the flashy new "replacement", or is just more reliable.
Did you know that "style" was invented by the French clothing manufacturers to get consumers to buy more stuff? It works, too.
The next time you hear about what is "new", be aware that it is probably originating with Marketing and not Engineering.