And why, in all the entirety of the universe, would any being care anything about this tiny speck of dust on the ass-end of a rather non-descript galaxy?
How about: Because of His love for us? The entire Bible declares God's love for man. If that were not true, nothing in the Bible would make sense.
The Chinese Room argument is an illustration of a normal 'dumb' computer program that is coded by a human, not artificial intelligence that learns and figures out its own rules of how to behave.
With this system that gradually creates its own system of output from comparing various inputs, how is it really behaving any differently than an infant learning to speak?
Ever since I started using a VCR I've been the recording from 2 or 3 minutes before the show starts to 2 or 3 minutes after it ends to make up for the VCR time not being consistant with the show time.
Just because you can't permanantly mark the surface doesn't mean that it doesn't have any surface tension, which would need to be the case if you wanted to go without windshield wipers. Notice that when he tried to use the marker on the disk, the ink didn't just slide off. It still stayed on until it was wiped off.
That is probably because, unlike SOME Redmond-based monopolies whose names I won't mention, they try to actually get it RIGHT before they release it. Good software is preferable to timely software any day.
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And why, in all the entirety of the universe, would any being care anything about this tiny speck of dust on the ass-end of a rather non-descript galaxy?
How about: Because of His love for us? The entire Bible declares God's love for man. If that were not true, nothing in the Bible would make sense.
But nothing in the bible DOES make sense.
The Chinese Room argument is an illustration of a normal 'dumb' computer program that is coded by a human, not artificial intelligence that learns and figures out its own rules of how to behave.
With this system that gradually creates its own system of output from comparing various inputs, how is it really behaving any differently than an infant learning to speak?
I, for one welcome our... AHHGG!
/.ers brandishing torches and pitchforks
Runs away from
"Please state the nature of the medical... What the hell are you doing here?!"
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Compared to Bill O'Reilly they do.
Please note my use of the words 'flipped past'.
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I flipped past Fox News just a few minutes ago and they reported that the president of XM had no idea where this story came from.
I immediatly thought of this video
if you're the kind of person who plays videogames you're probably not looking for books.
I'm pretty sure that I'm not the only slashdotter who takes offense at that remark.
I like video games AND books. Probably most people here do.
Ever since I started using a VCR I've been the recording from 2 or 3 minutes before the show starts to 2 or 3 minutes after it ends to make up for the VCR time not being consistant with the show time.
No Wait! It's not that bad. All you have to do is not go see the movies.... oh wait. You said cynical. I thought you said cyanide.
Very funny animated TV show about a movie critic on TV starring the voice of Jon Lovitz.
...until the movie "Electric Dreams" is released on DVD.
for something like 25 years, and people are just now figuring this out?
Exactly why does winamp try to connect to the internet every time I start it up? Is it just searching for the latest version or is it something else?
XANDER: Not on a regular VCR they don't
According to Buffy, it's still possible to do this kind of crap, just not on a normal VCR.
Does that mean that something like this might be in widespread use in advanced alien civilizations, and SETI has no chance of ever finding anything?
A Princess Leia hologram would have made a nice easter egg.
You mean you havn't found it yet?
windshields that don't need wipers in the rain
Just because you can't permanantly mark the surface doesn't mean that it doesn't have any surface tension, which would need to be the case if you wanted to go without windshield wipers. Notice that when he tried to use the marker on the disk, the ink didn't just slide off. It still stayed on until it was wiped off.
Can you say google?
Yes, we can. And so can the article -- In the paragraph immediatly above what you quoted.
At least those numbers are in ascending order order
or did anyone else feel a sharp agonizing pain in thier side when they read the words "Final Fantasy movie"?
That is probably because, unlike SOME Redmond-based monopolies whose names I won't mention, they try to actually get it RIGHT before they release it. Good software is preferable to timely software any day.