Why the internet was created no longer matters.
Today it exists to support and nurture marketing and retail. Only commerce can support the investment required to maintain and grow the infrastructure now consumed by the all encompassing web.
Long gone are the days of free ideas or information sharing. Law enforcement and corporate greed have made many online activities bear harsher consequences than their real world counterparts. This trend is accelerating. We no longer own anything, including our pictures and ideas - we merely rent access to them for some limited amount of time form a giant multinational who's elemental focus quarterly revenue.
Don't get upset, he's drank the FauxNoise coolaid. The best we can hope for is education - calm, reasoned, critical thinking, fact based education..... till they pull the religion card.... then beat them.
Now that IBM has sold of the last of their server systems to Lenovo, after following dumping all their PC operations to the same Chinese Lenovo a few years ago...
The legacy of IBM is compromised crap.
In a country who's infrastructure is crumbling; roads, bridges, fresh/waste water systems, electrical grid - failure to fix public works projects IS a threat to our security
One little fly in the ointment.... security.
Just what I need, some hacker in Nigeria turns off my table unless I give him access to my refrigerator to hide some $60M of his inheritance in gold bullion.
Then what the hell am I supposed to do with a platform supported by a quattro-brace?
No way... I've downloaded Ubuntu many times over the past 7 years - Stopped using it shortly there after each time. I just can't look back after that Unity debacle, what a wretched interface . I would bet he considers me 'a user'.. I've gone farther up the ecochain and use Debian.
We are nowhere near “A.I” yet. The “I” is intelligence. Intelligence is learning, changes in behavior, adaptability, altering conclusions based in previous experiences. We know the brain reprograms itself as neurons develop new pathways and old ones wither over time as our skills and life experiences change.
This adaptable dynamics is the essence of intelligence and implies that any truly artificial intelligence may – more likely will - outgrow or rewire itself out of any law, rule or human moray – including Asimov’s laws of robotics.
Till dynamic adaptable learning is possible, stop calling systems that follow logic branches ‘intelligent’.
Sounds like someone has confused the difference between bringing in open source systems / platforms and dumping your closed source project into the open ecosphere because you've lost your interest or developers.
The US is an Oligarchy who's 'elected' representatives only serve their corporate masters. Any code, law or treaty contrary to a large corporations desires will be dispatched and buried with litigation in the name of profit.
As far as other celestial body travel, the only way got a chance is to make it commercially viable. Take the moon for example; OK we went there 40 years ago, so what? there it sits - no further exportation or examination. On the other hand if there were valuable minerals for harvest, a corporation would be there as soon as ROI provided.
It's pretty simple people - stop pre-paying for things.
Video games, devices, anything... If it's not ready to be shipped or you can't walk out the door with it, don't hand over your money.
Once long space journey technology is practical, Mars will become a vacation stop on a trip to other far away places.
I believe Clark's first law of prediction is relevant:
"When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong."
I have just the opposite experience. I moved from the Midwest to the cost (Seattle). The famous 'work ethic' of the midwest means that to get ahead I regularly worked 70+ hours per week. Sure, I got ahead, was paid REALLY well - but it cost me my first marriage and most of the friends of my youth. The good old boys club and women glass ceiling are very much alive and well in the Midwest. I have had several IT jobs from public, private, manufacturing, consulting, and even took public company private....
At the end of the day the truth is that if your name isn't over the door, you are a disposable commodity.
You're a tool to be used for ownership profit. At one company literally, the CEO would say, 'well, that's nice, but what have you done for me today?'.
I dumped XEN for VMware last year and haven't looked back. The deciding factor (not to mention sliding market share, lack of compatible backup products, and weak tech support) was a VM simply 'disappeared' due to a faulty clean up process. The faulty process deleted the VM and support told me to call data restoration.. When I asked for the number, he said, "no, I mean your inhouse data restoration, your backup administrator"...
VMware has so much of the market every single virtual product or offering just works.
Congratulations! All of your personal, private data, intimate thoughts, shopping lists, and friends - even those without accounts - is being harvested, categorized, mined and cross referenced for sale to marketeers who will spam you, inundate you with click bait, and harass you will illegal robocalls so 1 man can live like a king while he builds a socialist institution.
No, you get to be a big, profitable company by exporting your 900,000 jobs to China (number of FoxConn workers - the place that has nets to stop suicide jumpers and also makes all the i-devices), pay them an unlivable wage in a place with no labor, intellectual property or environmental laws then brag how 'innovative' and helpful to the human race your products are.
If it was clearly a clock, then why was a 14 year old child hand cuffed by police and 'escorted' out of school?
The real story here is the insane stupidity that is swallowing the United States - teachers are no longer able to teach or discuss controversial topics (even at the University level) for fear of being reported, history is being re-written minimizing science and promoting 'faith', global warming facts are marginalized, fracking environmental hazards are undermined, companies continue to profiteer off citizens so a few can be fabulously wealthy while the majority has seen income stagnation....
The facts are the US ranks 14th in Education, 2nd in ignorance of social topics....
Lacking the ability to intellectually, openly and critically discuss problems, removes the ability to solve them.
'Huge' damages against Apple of sub-1 billion is not all that noteworthy when revenue Q1 alone was $78+ billion.
I reminds me of when Attorney General Janet Reno was going to hold Microsoft in Contempt threatening to fine $1 per day and Gate's response was something to the affect of "1 make a million an hour, f*ck them".
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Why the internet was created no longer matters. Today it exists to support and nurture marketing and retail. Only commerce can support the investment required to maintain and grow the infrastructure now consumed by the all encompassing web. Long gone are the days of free ideas or information sharing. Law enforcement and corporate greed have made many online activities bear harsher consequences than their real world counterparts. This trend is accelerating. We no longer own anything, including our pictures and ideas - we merely rent access to them for some limited amount of time form a giant multinational who's elemental focus quarterly revenue.
...civil liberties, freedom, the 4th Amendment, and the 5th Amendment is a waste of time.
change a light bulb? 2.... 1 to call the electrician and 1 to mix the drinks. But really, just use a light bulb.
Because GM has been such a spectacular steward of finances in the past.
Don't get upset, he's drank the FauxNoise coolaid. The best we can hope for is education - calm, reasoned, critical thinking, fact based education. .... till they pull the religion card.... then beat them.
Now that IBM has sold of the last of their server systems to Lenovo, after following dumping all their PC operations to the same Chinese Lenovo a few years ago... The legacy of IBM is compromised crap.
In a country who's infrastructure is crumbling; roads, bridges, fresh/waste water systems, electrical grid - failure to fix public works projects IS a threat to our security
One little fly in the ointment.... security. Just what I need, some hacker in Nigeria turns off my table unless I give him access to my refrigerator to hide some $60M of his inheritance in gold bullion. Then what the hell am I supposed to do with a platform supported by a quattro-brace?
No way... I've downloaded Ubuntu many times over the past 7 years - Stopped using it shortly there after each time. I just can't look back after that Unity debacle, what a wretched interface . I would bet he considers me 'a user'.. I've gone farther up the ecochain and use Debian.
ya, Texas. Enough said. The world according to GOP.
We are nowhere near “A.I” yet. The “I” is intelligence. Intelligence is learning, changes in behavior, adaptability, altering conclusions based in previous
experiences. We know the brain reprograms itself as neurons develop new pathways and old ones wither over time as our skills and life experiences change. This adaptable dynamics is the essence of intelligence and implies that any truly artificial intelligence may – more likely will - outgrow or rewire itself out of any law, rule or human moray – including Asimov’s laws of robotics.
Till dynamic adaptable learning is possible, stop calling systems that follow logic branches ‘intelligent’.
Sounds like someone has confused the difference between bringing in open source systems / platforms and dumping your closed source project into the open ecosphere because you've lost your interest or developers.
"You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye." - Matthew 7:5
OPM ?!? Anyone?!? OPM?!?
DHS Might want to PERFERT their methods on GOVT agencies first...
The US is an Oligarchy who's 'elected' representatives only serve their corporate masters. Any code, law or treaty contrary to a large corporations desires will be dispatched and buried with litigation in the name of profit.
As far as other celestial body travel, the only way got a chance is to make it commercially viable. Take the moon for example; OK we went there 40 years ago, so what? there it sits - no further exportation or examination. On the other hand if there were valuable minerals for harvest, a corporation would be there as soon as ROI provided.
Unfortunately - none of them are in politics with the ultimate goal of running the United States.
because clearly, there were no terror attacks prior to the internet.
It's pretty simple people - stop pre-paying for things. Video games, devices, anything... If it's not ready to be shipped or you can't walk out the door with it, don't hand over your money.
Once long space journey technology is practical, Mars will become a vacation stop on a trip to other far away places.
I believe Clark's first law of prediction is relevant:
"When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong."
I have just the opposite experience. I moved from the Midwest to the cost (Seattle). The famous 'work ethic' of the midwest means that to get ahead I regularly worked 70+ hours per week. Sure, I got ahead, was paid REALLY well - but it cost me my first marriage and most of the friends of my youth. The good old boys club and women glass ceiling are very much alive and well in the Midwest. I have had several IT jobs from public, private, manufacturing, consulting, and even took public company private.... At the end of the day the truth is that if your name isn't over the door, you are a disposable commodity. You're a tool to be used for ownership profit. At one company literally, the CEO would say, 'well, that's nice, but what have you done for me today?'.
I dumped XEN for VMware last year and haven't looked back. The deciding factor (not to mention sliding market share, lack of compatible backup products, and weak tech support) was a VM simply 'disappeared' due to a faulty clean up process. The faulty process deleted the VM and support told me to call data restoration.. When I asked for the number, he said, "no, I mean your inhouse data restoration, your backup administrator"... VMware has so much of the market every single virtual product or offering just works.
Congratulations! All of your personal, private data, intimate thoughts, shopping lists, and friends - even those without accounts - is being harvested, categorized, mined and cross referenced for sale to marketeers who will spam you, inundate you with click bait, and harass you will illegal robocalls so 1 man can live like a king while he builds a socialist institution.
An I didn't even get flowers.
it happened during the 'browser wars' of the 1990's junior.... sorry you missed it.
No, you get to be a big, profitable company by exporting your 900,000 jobs to China (number of FoxConn workers - the place that has nets to stop suicide jumpers and also makes all the i-devices), pay them an unlivable wage in a place with no labor, intellectual property or environmental laws then brag how 'innovative' and helpful to the human race your products are.
If it was clearly a clock, then why was a 14 year old child hand cuffed by police and 'escorted' out of school? The real story here is the insane stupidity that is swallowing the United States - teachers are no longer able to teach or discuss controversial topics (even at the University level) for fear of being reported, history is being re-written minimizing science and promoting 'faith', global warming facts are marginalized, fracking environmental hazards are undermined, companies continue to profiteer off citizens so a few can be fabulously wealthy while the majority has seen income stagnation ....
The facts are the US ranks 14th in Education, 2nd in ignorance of social topics....
Lacking the ability to intellectually, openly and critically discuss problems, removes the ability to solve them.
'Huge' damages against Apple of sub-1 billion is not all that noteworthy when revenue Q1 alone was $78+ billion. I reminds me of when Attorney General Janet Reno was going to hold Microsoft in Contempt threatening to fine $1 per day and Gate's response was something to the affect of "1 make a million an hour, f*ck them".