Well, what do the Geneva Conventions on War state about the use of Acoustic Weapons . . . ?
Oh, wait . . . we're not at war neither with Cuba nor with China . . .
. . . yet . ..
And what if it is neither Cuba nor China directly who were using them? What if the damage is a side-effect not the intended outcome. Much more likely the damage is a side-effect of some sort of listening device or espionage and not an actual weapon. It's probably not even Cuba and China, but another state spying on us because they are suspicious of our activities in those two countries.
Who wouldn't want us getting closer to Cuba and China? Who is traditionally closer to those two countries than the US... and invests heavily in military and espionage?
Pulls out of Paris. Messes up with Iran. Get's his ass handed to him by Russians in Syria. NK summit fails... that completes my line across the middle.
You still lose because there is no middle anymore.
One day I would understand why people hate The Last Jedi, I really enjoyed it
I don't hate it. Don't love it either. After the watching the stupidly boring Force Awakes movie, I have lost any remaining interest in the franchise, so I'm not planning to go see it.
Last Jedi was better than Force Awakens and Rogue One... but overall- I know I for one am getting Star Wars fatigue. If it weren't for kids begging me to take them to see it- I wouldn't be going to see any of them.
Star Wars is getting old and over-saturated like the comic book movies. Just stop for a decade or so, please! No more of this crap!
I don't hate Star Wars, I like it, but don't overdo it. Too much of anything gets old.
Does this mean the US government is officially recognizing Bitcoin as a currency? A stock?
Or would is anything where there is "flooding the market with fake orders to trick other traders into buying/selling" a crime?
If someone did this with kids trading cards, or something like Pokeman, or Magic the Gathering cards- would that also incite an investigation with the government? Or- is it significant that they are investigating this as it means they now "Recognise" bitcoin?
Pulls out of Paris. Messes up with Iran. Get's his ass handed to him by Russians in Syria. NK summit fails... that completes my line across the middle.
The so-called 'AI' they keep using for everything isn't even fully up to the job of operating a vehicle safely,
I don't know. Google's car has an almost spotless record. Tesla's isn't supposed to be fully automatic, it's supposed to have a human ready to override. Most of their problems is because of humans trusting it more than it is ready to be trusted.
Uber... well, anyone that trusts Uber is a fool. Uber is corrupt and driven by the bottom line, I wouldn't expect safety to be high priority with them.
In truth, for 80% of driving conditions, Waymo is probably already much safer than a human.
Because then they'll think give-up and re-spawn is a valid option when things are going south.
Or they'll expect us to send all our weakest troops against them first and gradually send more and more powerful troops until finally- as they get close to victory against us we'll send Theresa May against them for a final boss fight. Only May will grow 50ft tall and regenerate some health between each missile that strikes her and she'll have flame throwers coming out of her arms.
I, don't disagree with you, but playing the Donald's advocate:
What if there were some huge undocumented caves somewhere off the depths of the lake that contained something essential for the Pleiosaurs to survive. They don't normally leave the caves, but occasionally one does... they get sick, rise to the surface and get spotted by tourists before dying and sink to the bottom where they are eaten by fish and other organisms.
Yeah, nonsense I know... but theoretically possible
What if God just pops up to play with giant plesiosaur puppets periodically? I mean, seems unlikely, but theoretically possible.
Not theoretically possible because he doesn't exist.
One of the more far-fetched theories is that Nessie is a long-necked plesiosaur that somehow survived the period when dinosaurs became extinct. Another theory is that the monster is actually a sturgeon or giant catfish. Many believe the sightings are hoaxes or can be explained by floating logs or strong winds.
There is no giant monster. It's a nice little fun story based on no actual credible evidence but it does bring in tourism dollars. (gee wonder why they keep the story going... $$$) It's fed by the same sorts of idiots who buy into conspiracy theories, bigfoot sightings, and who forget what the U in UFO stands for. The notion that it could be some sort of plesiosaur is just absurd because there would have to be a population of them and that would be impossible to hide even in an ocean much less 7.5 km^3 of water. It's people seeing what they want to see. Nothing more.
I, don't disagree with you, but playing the Donald's advocate:
What if there were some huge undocumented caves somewhere off the depths of the lake that contained something essential for the Pleiosaurs to survive. They don't normally leave the caves, but occasionally one does... they get sick, rise to the surface and get spotted by tourists before dying and sink to the bottom where they are eaten by fish and other organisms.
Yeah, nonsense I know... but theoretically possible
Remember how Microsoft's chat bot instantly turned racist after exposure to the internet? Now they've given it a phone which will enable it to start swatting people. Wait until they give it legs so it can join supremacist rallies....
Finally, a 21st Century technology other than Twitter than the President can get behind and support. You've just done what countless others have failed to do, make Trump excited about science and technology.
Actually, name one country that they aren't attacking.
According to all the people named Ivan that post on Slashdot; Russia is a model democracy, a shining beacon of friendship in the world, and would never consider violating another country's rights on stability. Russia certainly are not cyber attacking any country.
Wait for the correct timezone to hit rushhour Slashdot traffic.
If nothing else comes from it, at least there will be a snapshot of the current level of biodiversity in the lake. Which could be useful for future planning if there is ever a algae bloom or other problem that arises. They could look back at the test and track where the problem first showed up.
How accurate is taking DNA samples from water though? Can you really take a sample of water and determine all the creatures that live there? I'm skeptical on how accurate this is. I certainly don't believe there is an actual Loch Ness Monster, but if there were, and their numbers were very low, how likely would you be to catch their DNA in a sample, in 10, in 100.
Maybe the science for this is better than I suspect (I'm no expert) but this strikes me of fishing for Tuna in a back-yard pond.
I prefer Alexa, at least that one brings me beer and booze to my front door.
Yeah, but if you abuse Alexa and call her mean things (like I do), you can't be sure she doesn't tell people in the Amazon warehouse to spit in the beer she sends. I should probably refrain from gaining humour out of verbally abusing my Alexa Dot.
It will save having to pay salaries to all those cold-call marketing guys and phone scammers.
I've had several calls from telemarketing "AI" in recent weeks; not Microsoft, I don't think. I have hung up when I realised it's not Human. They do respond to what you say though.
I've hung up on them when they've called once I realise they are not human. In fact, it's the first question I ask when I get a call now "are you human?" It's a question that left a caller for one of those wounded veteran scams speechless... They don't have a prewritten script for that question yet. I was actually disappointed he was a human, and told him so... I've been waiting for another call from an "AI Bot" so I can see how badly I can mess with it and see exactly what they're programmed for.
France has fought a hell of a lot more wars than America and they didn't hang back in either WW1 or WW2.
Yes... and fine allies they are too. Thanks for helping us in WW2 Britain! Oh, what's that, you're fighting a war with Argentina over the Falkland isles... sounds like a perfect time to sell missiles and arms to Argentina.
What they lack in physical defenses, they make up in a cocktail of disgusting bodily juices. A colleague once tried to put a flatworm in his mouth, Justine recounted. The man still describes it as “one of the worst experiences of his life.”
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Well, what do the Geneva Conventions on War state about the use of Acoustic Weapons . . . ?
Oh, wait . . . we're not at war neither with Cuba nor with China . . .
. . . yet . . .
And what if it is neither Cuba nor China directly who were using them? What if the damage is a side-effect not the intended outcome. Much more likely the damage is a side-effect of some sort of listening device or espionage and not an actual weapon. It's probably not even Cuba and China, but another state spying on us because they are suspicious of our activities in those two countries.
Who wouldn't want us getting closer to Cuba and China? Who is traditionally closer to those two countries than the US... and invests heavily in military and espionage?
You can milk anything with nipples other than robert De Niro
Scientists are working on silicon breast implants for cockroaches; this will help people locate the nipples to milk.
Milk in this context does NOT mean what you think it does.
They are not talking about something for your decafe latte
Unless you get your coffee from McDonalds... and then it is what they're talking about.
I've seen Temple of Doom. EVERYONE at that table was HINDU.
I would rather have the chilled monkey brains.
Wouldn't milking cockroaches be the ultimate labor-intensive job? I suppose we could make it a task for prisoners.
I imagine it's very hard to find their nipples.
BINGO! I win my Donald Trump bingo.
Pulls out of Paris. Messes up with Iran. Get's his ass handed to him by Russians in Syria. NK summit fails... that completes my line across the middle.
You still lose because there is no middle anymore.
This is too true. Underrated comment!
One day I would understand why people hate The Last Jedi, I really enjoyed it
I don't hate it. Don't love it either. After the watching the stupidly boring Force Awakes movie, I have lost any remaining interest in the franchise, so I'm not planning to go see it.
Last Jedi was better than Force Awakens and Rogue One... but overall- I know I for one am getting Star Wars fatigue. If it weren't for kids begging me to take them to see it- I wouldn't be going to see any of them.
Star Wars is getting old and over-saturated like the comic book movies. Just stop for a decade or so, please! No more of this crap!
I don't hate Star Wars, I like it, but don't overdo it. Too much of anything gets old.
This must be part of Trumps 4D chess move to win a Nobel Peace prize.
Maybe Kim gets the peace prize because he demolished his test site and pushed for talks... the other side dropped them.
Kim for peace prize?
Does this mean the US government is officially recognizing Bitcoin as a currency? A stock?
Or would is anything where there is "flooding the market with fake orders to trick other traders into buying/selling" a crime?
If someone did this with kids trading cards, or something like Pokeman, or Magic the Gathering cards- would that also incite an investigation with the government? Or- is it significant that they are investigating this as it means they now "Recognise" bitcoin?
BINGO! I win my Donald Trump bingo.
Pulls out of Paris. Messes up with Iran. Get's his ass handed to him by Russians in Syria. NK summit fails... that completes my line across the middle.
The so-called 'AI' they keep using for everything isn't even fully up to the job of operating a vehicle safely,
I don't know. Google's car has an almost spotless record. Tesla's isn't supposed to be fully automatic, it's supposed to have a human ready to override. Most of their problems is because of humans trusting it more than it is ready to be trusted.
Uber... well, anyone that trusts Uber is a fool. Uber is corrupt and driven by the bottom line, I wouldn't expect safety to be high priority with them.
In truth, for 80% of driving conditions, Waymo is probably already much safer than a human.
Because then they'll think give-up and re-spawn is a valid option when things are going south.
Or they'll expect us to send all our weakest troops against them first and gradually send more and more powerful troops until finally- as they get close to victory against us we'll send Theresa May against them for a final boss fight. Only May will grow 50ft tall and regenerate some health between each missile that strikes her and she'll have flame throwers coming out of her arms.
Hi Ivan!
I, don't disagree with you, but playing the Donald's advocate:
What if there were some huge undocumented caves somewhere off the depths of the lake that contained something essential for the Pleiosaurs to survive. They don't normally leave the caves, but occasionally one does... they get sick, rise to the surface and get spotted by tourists before dying and sink to the bottom where they are eaten by fish and other organisms.
Yeah, nonsense I know... but theoretically possible
What if God just pops up to play with giant plesiosaur puppets periodically? I mean, seems unlikely, but theoretically possible.
Not theoretically possible because he doesn't exist.
One of the more far-fetched theories is that Nessie is a long-necked plesiosaur that somehow survived the period when dinosaurs became extinct. Another theory is that the monster is actually a sturgeon or giant catfish. Many believe the sightings are hoaxes or can be explained by floating logs or strong winds.
There is no giant monster. It's a nice little fun story based on no actual credible evidence but it does bring in tourism dollars. (gee wonder why they keep the story going... $$$) It's fed by the same sorts of idiots who buy into conspiracy theories, bigfoot sightings, and who forget what the U in UFO stands for. The notion that it could be some sort of plesiosaur is just absurd because there would have to be a population of them and that would be impossible to hide even in an ocean much less 7.5 km^3 of water. It's people seeing what they want to see. Nothing more.
I, don't disagree with you, but playing the Donald's advocate:
What if there were some huge undocumented caves somewhere off the depths of the lake that contained something essential for the Pleiosaurs to survive. They don't normally leave the caves, but occasionally one does... they get sick, rise to the surface and get spotted by tourists before dying and sink to the bottom where they are eaten by fish and other organisms.
Yeah, nonsense I know... but theoretically possible
Guarenteed future use:
Hello, I am a Nigerian Prince. You didn't answer my e-mail, so I am calling you to prove that I am real.
Remember how Microsoft's chat bot instantly turned racist after exposure to the internet? Now they've given it a phone which will enable it to start swatting people. Wait until they give it legs so it can join supremacist rallies....
Finally, a 21st Century technology other than Twitter than the President can get behind and support. You've just done what countless others have failed to do, make Trump excited about science and technology.
Ya think?
Actually, name one country that they aren't attacking.
According to all the people named Ivan that post on Slashdot; Russia is a model democracy, a shining beacon of friendship in the world, and would never consider violating another country's rights on stability. Russia certainly are not cyber attacking any country.
Wait for the correct timezone to hit rushhour Slashdot traffic.
If nothing else comes from it, at least there will be a snapshot of the current level of biodiversity in the lake. Which could be useful for future planning if there is ever a algae bloom or other problem that arises. They could look back at the test and track where the problem first showed up.
How accurate is taking DNA samples from water though? Can you really take a sample of water and determine all the creatures that live there? I'm skeptical on how accurate this is. I certainly don't believe there is an actual Loch Ness Monster, but if there were, and their numbers were very low, how likely would you be to catch their DNA in a sample, in 10, in 100.
Maybe the science for this is better than I suspect (I'm no expert) but this strikes me of fishing for Tuna in a back-yard pond.
I prefer Alexa, at least that one brings me beer and booze to my front door.
Yeah, but if you abuse Alexa and call her mean things (like I do), you can't be sure she doesn't tell people in the Amazon warehouse to spit in the beer she sends. I should probably refrain from gaining humour out of verbally abusing my Alexa Dot.
It will save having to pay salaries to all those cold-call marketing guys and phone scammers.
I've had several calls from telemarketing "AI" in recent weeks; not Microsoft, I don't think. I have hung up when I realised it's not Human. They do respond to what you say though.
I've hung up on them when they've called once I realise they are not human. In fact, it's the first question I ask when I get a call now "are you human?" It's a question that left a caller for one of those wounded veteran scams speechless... They don't have a prewritten script for that question yet. I was actually disappointed he was a human, and told him so... I've been waiting for another call from an "AI Bot" so I can see how badly I can mess with it and see exactly what they're programmed for.
White flags broke out across the country.
France has fought a hell of a lot more wars than America and they didn't hang back in either WW1 or WW2.
Yes... and fine allies they are too. Thanks for helping us in WW2 Britain! Oh, what's that, you're fighting a war with Argentina over the Falkland isles... sounds like a perfect time to sell missiles and arms to Argentina.
Bastards!
Nope :-(
Giant predatory worms invaded France, but scientists just noticed them:
What they lack in physical defenses, they make up in a cocktail of disgusting bodily juices. A colleague once tried to put a flatworm in his mouth, Justine recounted. The man still describes it as “one of the worst experiences of his life.”
Sounds like French food to me!
Nothing that you have quoted rules it out from being included in French cuisine.
Something that seems too gross to put in your mouth: Check.
Probably gives you "worms": Check.
I'm surprised the French aren't already eating them and claiming they're superior in a snooty tone to the rest of the world for doing so.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is a fucking idiot.
The world is a computer and it's running Window's Vista.
Whilst I have to commend MS taking the action to remove these nasties from Office, I have to ask... ... why did it allow them in the first place?