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  1. Re:Sounds familiar on Cambridge University To Open "Terminator Center" To Study Threat From AI · · Score: 1

    Robocop I mean.

  2. Re:Sounds familiar on Cambridge University To Open "Terminator Center" To Study Threat From AI · · Score: 1

    So you say it was a terminator robocup that did it?

  3. Re:Sigh on The Internet Has Transformed Modern Divorce · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the opinions. You always learn from people's opinion and view points.

    - In regards to dating older women I have very serious considerations. You might have known by now that women need someone that attracts their respect. If they cannot respect someone, he relationship with that person is over. Every advantage brings points to the respect table. Age, financial situation, educational level, success in life, physical fitness, beauty... The lower age puts you at a very low advantage in that regard. Most women cannot respect younger guys. They may enjoy them , but they hardly find something to respect.

    So please be careful. I see a warning pattern in your selections. Think one more time about it and talk to a few more experienced guys.

    - One reason that older women seem to be unemotional is perhaps they become more arrogant as they become older. Arrogance stops them from expressing their feelings and that's a poison in a love relationship. One more thing is that most women which are older than 30 do not have desire for activities, sex, being happy etc. and they nag too much ... I just don't find enough reason in a woman to put myself into such a huge responsibility again. Last year I liked a younger lady in her 28 (11 years younger than me). I liked her very much, he did too but she thought I am too old for her.

    - Yes, you are right. In order to give emotions, kindness and energy to others we need to take care of ourselves first. That's the lesson I learned after 10 years of putting everything for my ex first.

    I hope you read (since you are not logged in you won't possibly see the replies).

  4. Re: marriage (worthwhile?) on The Internet Has Transformed Modern Divorce · · Score: 2

    In most countries you will still be considered married or at least more than simple friends (since you have lived together for sometimes) , and your partner legally has most of the rights of a married woman.

  5. Re:Sigh on The Internet Has Transformed Modern Divorce · · Score: 1

    I was feeling the same after 8 years in marriage when things suddenly crashed.

    I thought we have a stable and good life. Then I found my ex did not think the same. She thought our life is boring and monotonous. That's why she looked around to find something.

  6. Re:Sigh on The Internet Has Transformed Modern Divorce · · Score: 1

    Congratulations for the studies.

    I learned you'd rather stay away from women that have problem, you are not the daddy to take care of them. Besides I found getting back together is committing a mistake for the 2nd time. If it wanted to work, it would have worked the first time.

    I have unfortunately become too disappointed and afraid of relationships. Most women I met are in their 30s (35-40), they just want to fulfill their financial needs and have a kid. There is no love, they have become too unemotional and materialistic.

  7. Re:Sigh on The Internet Has Transformed Modern Divorce · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Fraking things you do for love :( I loved her much more than myself. Stupid but true.

  8. Re:Sigh on The Internet Has Transformed Modern Divorce · · Score: 1

    Very well thought and well said. I am divorced too and now that I think, I guess I am much happier even if I do not get sex or whatever a lady has to offer.

    At least I do not spend 2 times to feed a nagging unappreciative cheating wife which did not bother to work even 1 day during the 10 years of our marriage.

  9. Re:Sigh on The Internet Has Transformed Modern Divorce · · Score: 2

    My ex. wife of 10 years used to find friends on social network websites, talk to them for a while as a friend and go out with them. She cheated a few times and finally left with one of them.

    When she came to my home, she did not have even a high school diploma (and no intention to study). She was the typical Penny (of Big bang theory), and I guess I was the Leonard, except when she left she was a PhD candidate.

    She left and married with a guy much older than me (10.5 years older than her) which had a high school diploma but a lot of money.

    Even after 4 years she still sends me emails (3 times this year) that she regrets what she did and wants to come back. But rebuilding broken trust and long and painful memories is sometimes impossible.

  10. Re:PETA agrees! on Indian School Textbook Says Meat-Eaters Lie and Commit Sex Crimes · · Score: 1

    No what? I was replying to a comment about Islam, Christianity and Judaism. Not the religions of India. I have specifically referred to "All three religions...".

  11. Re:PETA agrees! on Indian School Textbook Says Meat-Eaters Lie and Commit Sex Crimes · · Score: 3, Insightful

    All three religions belong to the family of Abrahamic religions ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrahamic_religions ) and very high similarities in beliefs, traditions etc.

  12. Re:Sounds like a step backwards to me on One Step Toward a Babel Fish: Real-Time Voice Translation For Phones · · Score: 1

    Why everyone needs to learn English? If there is a decent real time translator, it can translate their language to English. For books and publications assuming there is a really good translator, it should not be a problem.

    I also dislike that. I know 7-8 languages (fluent in 4 of them) and it has been a hobby and interest for me to learn languages.

  13. Re:vBulletin on Ask Slashdot: What Is the Best Way To Add Forums To a Website? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Much more slower than vBulletin, less scalable, uglier, less user friendly and almost non-existing support.

    Almost every phpBB I installed was ridden by spam and got hacked several times. I have given up on phpBB after 10 years of trying.

  14. Re:Who cares? on Samsung May Start Making ARM Server Chips · · Score: 1

    Did you notice that the website has not been touched since 2010?

    I am not sure how the design may progress with the current status. Is there any forks or active contributors?

  15. Re:So they were still alive? on Imagination Technology Buys MIPS · · Score: 1

    Correct. Some of the Chinese Android tablets use MIPS. I saw a cheap one but did not buy since I was not sure how much of the Android market applications would work on it.

  16. Re:So... just like Google? on Microsoft-Built Smartphone Could Irritate Hardware Partners, Harm Nokia · · Score: 1

    Microsoft does not build hardware itself. It subcontracts them to different producers.

  17. Re:Masking tape on Will Microsoft Dis-Kinect Freeloading TV Viewers? · · Score: 1

    Do dogs and cats count?

  18. Re:Watson - not for vets! on Watson Goes To Medical School · · Score: 1

    Older systems used expert systems (hierarchical knowledge systems). The new models use machine learning (neural network classifiers, ...).

    The machine learning creates a generalized model based on small amount of data. Expert systems search the existing data and the data should be very accurate.

  19. Re:That's some salary on NASA Teams To Build Gyroscopes 1,000X More Sensitive Than Current Systems · · Score: 1

    so you make more than 60c per year. great.

  20. Re:no more donuts for Gabe... on Valve: Linux Better Than Windows 8 for Gaming · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Anyone remembers Kylix (Borland Delphi for Linux)?

    It was a great project but almost no one obtained or used it. It cost perhaps millions for Borland to develop and the cost (along with the unsuccessful Borland Java Builder) made Borland almost bankrupt.

    I had the pleasure of using Kylix, but who else cares?

  21. Re:Could be worse... on Randomly Generated Math Article Accepted By 'Open-Access' Journal · · Score: 3, Informative

    In my university Mathematics and Computer science schools are in the same building and we have common courses (Discrete math, logic and applications, ...)

    I am a computer science researcher and I publish most of my papers in mathematics and mathematical simulation journals. I have taught mathematics for computer science (Fourier series and transform, Laplace transform, differential equations, complex numbers, numerical methods, etc.) for a few semesters.

    Is that really strange?

  22. Re:truth sucks on Faculty To Grad Students: Go Work 80-Hour Weeks! · · Score: 3, Informative

    As a PhD student I was a TA to several courses. Most of the time there were 140-180 students in the class. I needed to organize 4 tutorial sessions. We had 3 exams (2 mid, 1 final) and 3 assignments.

    I would say the most destructive thing in regard to my PhD research progress was the huge amount of work I supposed to do. I officially was supposed to work 9 hours/week but it was many times more than that.

  23. Re:What a wonderful face for JPL on NASA "Mohawk Guy" To Host Radio Show · · Score: 4, Interesting

    FYI The correct name is "Babak Ferdowsi".

    Both first and family names are famous Iranian names. "Babak" is the famous Iranian revoloutionaray leader (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babak_Khorramdin ) and "Ferdowsi" is perhaps the most famous Iranian poet ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdowsi ).

  24. Re:Reason: on Bill Gates Wants To Reinvent the Toilet · · Score: 1

    It's my understanding that when he "helps" he does it in a very "for profit" way. Like buying expensive medicine for poor people, when they could have been helped in a less profitable way......and more sustainable way.....

    He is going to sell the shits ... that's why he builds toilets!!!

  25. Re:And NASA has made mistakes with this before... on Upgrading Software From 350 Million Miles Away · · Score: 2

    There are 2 separate computers on the board. Perhaps they upgrade one of them and after it worked correctly they transfer control to it and upgrade the other one?