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You're post makes no sense and has no relevance to the discussion. What does the movie AI have to do with reality? Furthermore, you're comparing a mindless robot to an artifically intelligent robot with emotions. That David can love and shows signs of a morality, yet can't understand when he is harming a human is a large plot hole.
Guess I'm an idiot for not taking time out of my busy schedule to explore all the things my hammer and screwdriver can do.
And I only drive my car at the speed limit and on the road. I'm an idiot because I refuse to learn how well it does off road or at 150mph.
A computer is a TOOL. Tools are usually considered to be ease work or accomplish something. The point should not be to use the tool but to do something productive with the tool.
I don't care how my hammer works. I don't spend hours studying the forces to optimize the blows to drive the nail in a tenth of a second faster.
So, pray tell, why should my laywer budy understand what a symlink is and why it's better than a shortcut in Windows when all he wants to do is write a cease and desist letter? Sure he's refusing to learn because he deems it as useless knowledge. He doesn't care the particularities of why his car pings. He just wants his mechanic to fix it.
Please, don't be arrogant about computers and overstate their importance in the world. They're just a tool. Don't you be one, too.
I know its an old story, but I think it should go down on the record that other news organizations DO post April Fool's stories and columns. In fact here's an NPR story from Sunday:
Perhaps he isn't old enough, but I remember the Zork games and other text games, and in a way they were as 3D as the latest crop of 3D shooters - the only difference was that they relied on the player's imagination (wow, imagine that) to construct the world and the only hinted at the history.
To me, those games were the best - you were fully immersed in your imagination, just like a good book, but with a freedom to affect the story line.
Many games nowadays I find hard to play - the offer nothing for the imagination (similiar to movies). Everything's cut and dry - nothing like a good Mamet movie with loose ends and hints at a character's history. Nothing for an imagination to grab hold of and nothing to make me wish for the end not to come.
If you read the article, you'll see that the bacteria used isn't bio-engineered. It's taking a strain of a very common algae, one that's adapted to higher heat levels, and using it just like nature does.
Essentially they're using plants to clean the air, just like many of us have plants in our homes.
I can't say that I agree. Yes, I agree that child porn is bad, but I think you're over looking several things.
1) When you post, "it" (I'm assuming you mean your news reader) puts whatever name, email, and company you told it to. This can very easily be 'Purple Eater' working for Sgt. Pepper.
2) When you post to usenet, there IS a solid record of who you "are." The post can be traced to an ip address, and the ip address traced to a person/computer. Who cares about a fakeable name and email when you have an ip?
3) Many free web based services add X headers to their posts and email that contain the orginating ip for just this purpose.
4) You're forgetting that anyone who really wants to will. They'll find a vulnerable box on a DSL running, hack into it, and run a console based mail reader - TADA! if the guy erases his footprints, he has an anonymous connection.
My point is, yes, Google should be responsible, and limits access to particular groups? Sure, no a problem now, but let's say someone complains about access to alt.sex.stories.moderated because of the occasional underage story?
Come On! What an insane idea - it takes FACTORIES to build chips, complicated multi-billion dollar factories with clean rooms, tons of technicians operating custom built machinery, and not to mention distribution methods, QA testing, supporting manufacturers to deliver compatible motherboards and components.
No, I haven't read the story, but who's going to dedicate factory time to building a processor that is open source versus factory time to build a proprietary processor designed with YEARS of experience.
Also, don't forget that the lifecycle of chips and software are drastically different. Upgrades to software tend to come every 6 months to a year - with patches in between. Upgrades to processors come more like every 3 to 5 years. Who's going to back the open source chip when they find a bug that calls for a major replacement?
I'm new to Linux, but the explanation makes sense to me. On an OS/390 mainframe, you can supposedly can run 200 to 300 Linux virtual servers. Add to that a low average yearly downtime (IBM claims 5 minutes a year), and a single mainframe becomes as practical as 200 individual boxes.
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You're post makes no sense and has no relevance to the discussion. What does the movie AI have to do with reality? Furthermore, you're comparing a mindless robot to an artifically intelligent robot with emotions. That David can love and shows signs of a morality, yet can't understand when he is harming a human is a large plot hole.
I've used a hammer for years, a screwdriver, too.
Guess I'm an idiot for not taking time out of my busy schedule to explore all the things my hammer and screwdriver can do.
And I only drive my car at the speed limit and on the road. I'm an idiot because I refuse to learn how well it does off road or at 150mph.
A computer is a TOOL. Tools are usually considered to be ease work or accomplish something. The point should not be to use the tool but to do something productive with the tool.
I don't care how my hammer works. I don't spend hours studying the forces to optimize the blows to drive the nail in a tenth of a second faster.
So, pray tell, why should my laywer budy understand what a symlink is and why it's better than a shortcut in Windows when all he wants to do is write a cease and desist letter? Sure he's refusing to learn because he deems it as useless knowledge. He doesn't care the particularities of why his car pings. He just wants his mechanic to fix it.
Please, don't be arrogant about computers and overstate their importance in the world. They're just a tool. Don't you be one, too.
I know its an old story, but I think it should go down on the record that other news organizations DO post April Fool's stories and columns. In fact here's an NPR story from Sunday:
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http://www.npr.org/programs/watc/features/2001/01
Perhaps he isn't old enough, but I remember the Zork games and other text games, and in a way they were as 3D as the latest crop of 3D shooters - the only difference was that they relied on the player's imagination (wow, imagine that) to construct the world and the only hinted at the history.
To me, those games were the best - you were fully immersed in your imagination, just like a good book, but with a freedom to affect the story line.
Many games nowadays I find hard to play - the offer nothing for the imagination (similiar to movies). Everything's cut and dry - nothing like a good Mamet movie with loose ends and hints at a character's history. Nothing for an imagination to grab hold of and nothing to make me wish for the end not to come.
If you read the article, you'll see that the bacteria used isn't bio-engineered. It's taking a strain of a very common algae, one that's adapted to higher heat levels, and using it just like nature does.
Essentially they're using plants to clean the air, just like many of us have plants in our homes.
It can't. Plants and algae don't consume oxygen, just like we don't consume carbon dioxide. It goes completely against how they convert energy.
I can't say that I agree. Yes, I agree that child porn is bad, but I think you're over looking several things.
1) When you post, "it" (I'm assuming you mean your news reader) puts whatever name, email, and company you told it to. This can very easily be 'Purple Eater' working for Sgt. Pepper.
2) When you post to usenet, there IS a solid record of who you "are." The post can be traced to an ip address, and the ip address traced to a person/computer. Who cares about a fakeable name and email when you have an ip?
3) Many free web based services add X headers to their posts and email that contain the orginating ip for just this purpose.
4) You're forgetting that anyone who really wants to will. They'll find a vulnerable box on a DSL running, hack into it, and run a console based mail reader - TADA! if the guy erases his footprints, he has an anonymous connection.
My point is, yes, Google should be responsible, and limits access to particular groups? Sure, no a problem now, but let's say someone complains about access to alt.sex.stories.moderated because of the occasional underage story?
Come On! What an insane idea - it takes FACTORIES to build chips, complicated multi-billion dollar factories with clean rooms, tons of technicians operating custom built machinery, and not to mention distribution methods, QA testing, supporting manufacturers to deliver compatible motherboards and components.
No, I haven't read the story, but who's going to dedicate factory time to building a processor that is open source versus factory time to build a proprietary processor designed with YEARS of experience.
Also, don't forget that the lifecycle of chips and software are drastically different. Upgrades to software tend to come every 6 months to a year - with patches in between. Upgrades to processors come more like every 3 to 5 years. Who's going to back the open source chip when they find a bug that calls for a major replacement?
Start yourself a college fund.
IF you ever have a hard time getting a programming job later in life, take a four year vacation and go back to school. Learn WHATEVER you want.
OR
Learn a trade - furniture making, culinary arts, car mechanic. People will always need those things.
Visit Wired's article at http://www.wired.com/news/b usiness/0,1367,36395,00.html. It outlines what IBM sees as the advantages of running Linux on OS/390.
I'm new to Linux, but the explanation makes sense to me. On an OS/390 mainframe, you can supposedly can run 200 to 300 Linux virtual servers. Add to that a low average yearly downtime (IBM claims 5 minutes a year), and a single mainframe becomes as practical as 200 individual boxes.