How is this any less realistic than a transporter, or a universal translator? And, Space 1999 did hint that there was an in-universe explanation for why the Moon was behaving so un-Moon-like. The usual rule with sci-fi is that you are allowed to have one magic device to make the story work. In Space 1999 this was the Moon being moved from star to star. In Star Wars and Star Trek it is magic faster-than-light spaceship engines. In Frankenstein it was the ability to create life out of lightning and used human organs. Space 1999 had many flaws, particularly in the 2nd season, but if you accept the premise that the Moon is being shuffled around the galaxy as part of a higher purpose and the first season has some of the 1970s' better sci-fi tv stories .
Disagree. If you accept the initial premise (which is no more silly than hyperspace, transporters, or going from warp 8 to warp 0 in 5 seconds with only a slight loss of balance amongst the bridge crew) then the first season had very good stories. Some of the episodes, Dragon's Domain and Earthbound for example, were well-written smart sci-fi stories. Season 2, on the other hand... the less said of that the better.
Ever tried it? There is a reason that Mr Babbage tried to build an analytic engine. Old artillery tables tended to be riddled with errors. Universities and research labs used to have hundreds of people devoting their lives to "computing" with pencil and paper. A book of statistical tables or logs used to take years to prepare. I don't know about you, but if I am trying to rebuild civilization I want to be able to do it before my children die of old age.
Yes and no. The survivors will initially have more to worry about than computing a sinc value of finding a F value, but if they want to rebuild to a technological civilization these tables will be amongst the most valuable artefacts on the planet. The ability to do complex calculations will cut decades off the recovery time for getting out technology back.
Don't forget to add the cost of the shuttle servicing missions to Hubble's total cost. And don't forget about the primary mirror being the wrong shape. Hubble is one of humanity's greatest accomplishments, but it has not been cheap.
A lot of scientific programming has migrated to Python (etc.), but not the software that requires speed. Python is an interpreted language while Fortran is compiled, so Python simply is not fast enough for some projects. Climate modeling, weather forecasts, most fluid dynamics code, and so on, need to be compiled to get enough speed. Usually this mean Fortran of C++. Python (etc.) is great for some forms of data analysis and smaller projects, but it has not replaced the heavy-lifting languages in the sciences, and is not likely to for a long time.
A lot of people don't realize how little the reaction some fans had to The Last Jedi harmed the franchise. The books and toys are still selling. Plans for the next two trilogies seem to chugging forward. Early reports suggest that if people are staying away from the Han Solo movie because of The Last Jedi they are doing so in droves too small to affect cause The Mouse much concern. If audience expectations really have been soured it does not seem to be showing up in Disney's bottom line. The next generation is going to decide if Disney Star Wars is a success or not, not people nostalgic for movies made in the 1970s.
An AI does not need to do as well as a human in any circumstance. A self-driving car only needs to do as a human driver in the circumstances where the self-driving car is being used. I doubt that there will be self-driving cars in Whitehorse until long after they are ubiquitous in Phoenix because the different nature of driving in those two cities. If an AI cannot operate a vehicle as well as a human in some environments then just don't use them in those environments.
> "the AI's already very good " > > It has to be a **LOT** better than "very good". If your truck runs over a 3rd grader walking to school, > you're going to wish you'd thrown that Uber salesman under a moving eighteen-wheeler.
Fortunately no human driver has ever run over a 3rd grader.
The increase in the number of jobs in the banking industry probably has more to do with deregulating banks in Canada and the US to allow them to offer a much wider range of financial services. This happened at about the same time that banks were switching from human tellers to ATMs.
The book is still in print, and still being read, but there is no analog tv broadcasting in the US or Canada anymore. Anyone born after about 2010 has never seen snow on a dead channel. The metaphor will be lost on them.
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No one should be surprised that Amazon is being vindictive.
Of course, in this case the hours worked are not enough that the employees qualify for most benefits, so this argument falls apart.
How is this any less realistic than a transporter, or a universal translator? And, Space 1999 did hint that there was an in-universe explanation for why the Moon was behaving so un-Moon-like. The usual rule with sci-fi is that you are allowed to have one magic device to make the story work. In Space 1999 this was the Moon being moved from star to star. In Star Wars and Star Trek it is magic faster-than-light spaceship engines. In Frankenstein it was the ability to create life out of lightning and used human organs. Space 1999 had many flaws, particularly in the 2nd season, but if you accept the premise that the Moon is being shuffled around the galaxy as part of a higher purpose and the first season has some of the 1970s' better sci-fi tv stories
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Disagree. If you accept the initial premise (which is no more silly than hyperspace, transporters, or going from warp 8 to warp 0 in 5 seconds with only a slight loss of balance amongst the bridge crew) then the first season had very good stories. Some of the episodes, Dragon's Domain and Earthbound for example, were well-written smart sci-fi stories. Season 2, on the other hand... the less said of that the better.
Ever tried it? There is a reason that Mr Babbage tried to build an analytic engine. Old artillery tables tended to be riddled with errors. Universities and research labs used to have hundreds of people devoting their lives to "computing" with pencil and paper. A book of statistical tables or logs used to take years to prepare. I don't know about you, but if I am trying to rebuild civilization I want to be able to do it before my children die of old age.
The problem is that this has been tried and it does not work. Increasing speed limits tends to lead to people driving even fast.
Yes and no. The survivors will initially have more to worry about than computing a sinc value of finding a F value, but if they want to rebuild to a technological civilization these tables will be amongst the most valuable artefacts on the planet. The ability to do complex calculations will cut decades off the recovery time for getting out technology back.
Don't forget to add the cost of the shuttle servicing missions to Hubble's total cost. And don't forget about the primary mirror being the wrong shape. Hubble is one of humanity's greatest accomplishments, but it has not been cheap.
A lot of scientific programming has migrated to Python (etc.), but not the software that requires speed. Python is an interpreted language while Fortran is compiled, so Python simply is not fast enough for some projects. Climate modeling, weather forecasts, most fluid dynamics code, and so on, need to be compiled to get enough speed. Usually this mean Fortran of C++. Python (etc.) is great for some forms of data analysis and smaller projects, but it has not replaced the heavy-lifting languages in the sciences, and is not likely to for a long time.
You mean like you just did?
Uber cars kill people. Uber drivers kill people. Best to just stay away from Uber.
What's wrong with vi?
A lot of people don't realize how little the reaction some fans had to The Last Jedi harmed the franchise. The books and toys are still selling. Plans for the next two trilogies seem to chugging forward. Early reports suggest that if people are staying away from the Han Solo movie because of The Last Jedi they are doing so in droves too small to affect cause The Mouse much concern. If audience expectations really have been soured it does not seem to be showing up in Disney's bottom line. The next generation is going to decide if Disney Star Wars is a success or not, not people nostalgic for movies made in the 1970s.
Actually, the country preferred Hillary over Trump by a significant amount. It was the weighted electoral system that gave Trump his pyrrhic victory.
Musk did not build the first electric car. He was not the first person to launch satellites to LEO either.
finding people who actually understand statistics as opposed to just claiming that they do.
If we had waited until automobiles could do everything that a horse can we would still be waiting.
An AI does not need to do as well as a human in any circumstance. A self-driving car only needs to do as a human driver in the circumstances where the self-driving car is being used. I doubt that there will be self-driving cars in Whitehorse until long after they are ubiquitous in Phoenix because the different nature of driving in those two cities. If an AI cannot operate a vehicle as well as a human in some environments then just don't use them in those environments.
> "the AI's already very good "
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> It has to be a **LOT** better than "very good". If your truck runs over a 3rd grader walking to school, > you're going to wish you'd thrown that Uber salesman under a moving eighteen-wheeler.
Fortunately no human driver has ever run over a 3rd grader.
The increase in the number of jobs in the banking industry probably has more to do with deregulating banks in Canada and the US to allow them to offer a much wider range of financial services. This happened at about the same time that banks were switching from human tellers to ATMs.
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You may wish to read up on the concept of a straw man argument.
A good example of a quote that is often used completely out of context.
The book is still in print, and still being read, but there is no analog tv broadcasting in the US or Canada anymore. Anyone born after about 2010 has never seen snow on a dead channel. The metaphor will be lost on them.
One can have anything if one has Courage.