Factoring 100 requires a 7bit quantum computer. We've successfully operated a 4 bit computer to factor 15. You really think it will take 20 years more to get those next 3 bits?
Sadly, even the mother's rights camp are generally against day before birth abortions. At least if they were in favor of that, they'd have some ideological consistency.
Actually, draconian birth control policies have the best proven effectiveness. Higher living standard comes in second. Forced sterilization has even better results, but has only been tried on limited scales.
It's probably to the biosphere's benefit to escape the planet before the big flameout. So short of us taking them with us when we leave, it has little hope. So there's a lower limit on the size of the human society that will result in the biosphere being better off in the long run.
Why? The US population isn't that high. Tax in proportion to population would require India and China to pay half of whatever tax we set, while the US paid only about 6%.
Yes, as I attempted to clarify in the thread, I was really interested in personhood, as that's both what the parent posted about, and what I was actually interested in the answer to. 'life begins' is an unfortunate common proxy for 'personhood begins', and conflating the two makes the science side of the argument useless, so I'm sorry for the habit-typo.
Personhood is really what's of interest... when does the thing that could become a person... do so (and thus obviously gain the rights to protection from murder from our society).
Well, it's obviously all rumor until the hardware hits the street, but all of the potential display manufacturers for ipad3 are now bragging about their 2560 displays and clearly trying to win apple's affection. That wasn't true during ipad 2's timeline, so I'd say this makes it much more likely.
You'd probably have to stretch that out to 120 months after earned, at least. Otherwise you just encourage funding things that can't be uncovered until after the payout period. Maybe even 16 years so that your efforts have to be proven capable of surviving a couple of presidential administrations.
It's headed for the thin client model because the internet now has high enough bandwidth to effectively stream any application, and the client (phone/tablet) has the display and processor to display it. Moving the computation off the client is about control, not performance.
Differ. Which I offer to you only because your message was sensible and it made me think that might have been a phrase your heard and therefore didn't know the spelling.
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Factoring 100 requires a 7bit quantum computer. We've successfully operated a 4 bit computer to factor 15. You really think it will take 20 years more to get those next 3 bits?
Well, if you have a one time pad, you don't have to exchange your key in the clear, for one thing.
Sadly, even the mother's rights camp are generally against day before birth abortions. At least if they were in favor of that, they'd have some ideological consistency.
If it's not impossible, he's wrong about the resources.
Actually, draconian birth control policies have the best proven effectiveness. Higher living standard comes in second. Forced sterilization has even better results, but has only been tried on limited scales.
It's probably to the biosphere's benefit to escape the planet before the big flameout. So short of us taking them with us when we leave, it has little hope. So there's a lower limit on the size of the human society that will result in the biosphere being better off in the long run.
Why? The US population isn't that high. Tax in proportion to population would require India and China to pay half of whatever tax we set, while the US paid only about 6%.
Yes, as I attempted to clarify in the thread, I was really interested in personhood, as that's both what the parent posted about, and what I was actually interested in the answer to. 'life begins' is an unfortunate common proxy for 'personhood begins', and conflating the two makes the science side of the argument useless, so I'm sorry for the habit-typo.
Personhood is really what's of interest ... when does the thing that could become a person ... do so (and thus obviously gain the rights to protection from murder from our society).
Why bother replying at all?
Sorry, my other reply should have said 'personhood'.
I'm curious. Where exactly do you draw the line for 'life begins', and why?
Well, it's obviously all rumor until the hardware hits the street, but all of the potential display manufacturers for ipad3 are now bragging about their 2560 displays and clearly trying to win apple's affection. That wasn't true during ipad 2's timeline, so I'd say this makes it much more likely.
I was thinking more of the legal solution. The market one only works rarely.
I'd suggest 16 years so it has to survive a couple of political cycles.
You'd probably have to stretch that out to 120 months after earned, at least. Otherwise you just encourage funding things that can't be uncovered until after the payout period. Maybe even 16 years so that your efforts have to be proven capable of surviving a couple of presidential administrations.
Or just restructure the market a tiny bit so this job doesn't exist in the first place. It contributes nothing of worth to our society.
It's headed for the thin client model because the internet now has high enough bandwidth to effectively stream any application, and the client (phone/tablet) has the display and processor to display it. Moving the computation off the client is about control, not performance.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock-paper-scissors
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochambeau_(disambiguation)
Please go correct wikipedia instead of me.
Thanks.
Yep, corporate death penalty is the right way forward. Which is why it will never happen.
I'm pretty sure they're relying on chance, and having the clipboard already covering the area an amateur is likely to shoot at.
Roshambo is serious business.
I got the impression that was stabby knives. Scissors are slicy knives, and it might make a crucial difference.
Differ. Which I offer to you only because your message was sensible and it made me think that might have been a phrase your heard and therefore didn't know the spelling.
There are lots of people who would like to buy your child, are you sure you want to sell?
And it stops bullets, which means it can probably stop rock too.
But what about scissors?