When we eventually cross the singularity and cyberspace becomes self aware, it's going to be so shocked on the flimsy foundation it is built upon that it's going to spend a whole 30ms cowering in the corner crying like a emo kid.
Please pull together some links and create a submission on this topic. It will effect/.'ers in a myriad of ways, we need to keep informed on it. kthxbye
To any and all time-travelers reading: If ever I gain use of a time machine, you can be sure that I will devote my time to pranking every and all. I'm not sure if you would consider that a threat or a promise.
Brings to mind the story how, Charleton Heston, you know, the guy who played Moses in The Ten Commandmandments, fought the censors to keep the line "Damn you. God damn you all to hell!" because as, he pointed out, Taylor was truly beseeching God to condemn the people who destroyed Earth to hell.
I recall Joe Bob Briggs telling that anecdote while hosting Planet of the Apes on TNT's Monster Vision. Which, immediately after the commercial break, TNT, in their fine understanding of irony, ran the censored version that strips away all the pathos of the scene.
Back in the 1950s Johns Hopkins offered a penny a piece for each live firefly you gave them. Lots of kids got pocket money, but the population noticeably dropped for the next couple of years.
I think that probably has more to do with the prevalent overuse of DDT for everything, including as a potato salad additive.
Slashdot Mirror
Lamest game of DND EVER .
When we eventually cross the singularity and cyberspace becomes self aware, it's going to be so shocked on the flimsy foundation it is built upon that it's going to spend a whole 30ms cowering in the corner crying like a emo kid.
This ought to help advance their crash program to create bubbles in beer.
Now where's that chisel?
Please pull together some links and create a submission on this topic. It will effect /.'ers in a myriad of ways, we need to keep informed on it. kthxbye
To any and all time-travelers reading :
If ever I gain use of a time machine, you can be sure that I will devote my time to pranking every and all.
I'm not sure if you would consider that a threat or a promise.
You know how to reach me...
Brings to mind the story how, Charleton Heston, you know, the guy who played Moses in The Ten Commandmandments, fought the censors to keep the line "Damn you. God damn you all to hell!" because as, he pointed out, Taylor was truly beseeching God to condemn the people who destroyed Earth to hell.
I recall Joe Bob Briggs telling that anecdote while hosting Planet of the Apes on TNT's Monster Vision. Which, immediately after the commercial break, TNT, in their fine understanding of irony, ran the censored version that strips away all the pathos of the scene.
Those are cartoons. Cartoons are for children. Hence those are acceptable for children to watch. And learn from.
Whoops, that's a different idiotic American attitude than the one we're talking about....
shut your sara palin you bloody /b/tard shitcock
Maybe this was an attack on Siemens, not Iran. Just Sayin'...
You're doing good in this economy, pay your fair share, you privileged prats. Or go live in India or China where you outsource all your jobs to.
I'd prefer some magic beans that grow a space elevator.
derp?
the Xbox is a just another Von Neumann machine, right?
Why is it, in this day and age, that it's an unreasonable assumption that your washer will call your cellphone to let you know your wash is done?!!!
lol, whut?
damn, I only turned up toys... guess I've got another project for the todo list...
damn, beat me to it, I was gonna say maybe a little too much social integration already...
How about "two dollar-seconds per megabit?" Money times time is a concrete enough dimension for you, right?
Yeah, basing your metrics on two imaginary social constructs, that's a great idea.
And I bet he had plenty of legal guidance from his employers' lawyers.
One anecdote of not-failure out of tens of thousands does not paint a picture of a functional system.
The quest for answer is suffering. Only when you have stopped searching can you reach enlightment."
So Bing is the start of the road to enlightenment?
Still not worth it...
Amish search engine
Back in the 1950s Johns Hopkins offered a penny a piece for each live firefly you gave them. Lots of kids got pocket money, but the population noticeably dropped for the next couple of years.
I think that probably has more to do with the prevalent overuse of DDT for everything, including as a potato salad additive.
Dwight Eisenhower was a damn dirty, America-hating pinko!
Hell, he even has a foreign-sounding name!
mmmmm, I love the smell of cognitive dissonance in the morning. Smells like profit !
so is this a case of pro-skub bias or dasterdly anti-skub bias?
Typical slasdot "jack of all trades, master of all "
Wait, that's not how the saying goes...
no, now we'll just bitch about how "Insecure, power-hungry, inappropriate for touch devices, never ready, outdated" Flash is on the iPhone
Therac 25 much?