Don't blame the government on this one. They have nooses around their necks by oil giants. They have more lobbyists than any other service and they sue all who dare to threaten their dominance because alternative power "destroys jobs for millions of people" and it's "bad for the economy." It's time we stopped listening to them and instead laugh them out of the halls of Congress.
Uh....don't count on that. Maybe the archaeologist, but everything else can be made into robotics. The first three I think they're working on now using randomizers and grammar coding. The fourth Real Dolls. The circus performer, we have robots that dance and feed animals. Wouldn't be hard to make a toreador with the right parts.
I'm not trying to be extremist, but I think the robot overlords are coming and there's little we can do to stop them. Once someone makes a self-replicating robot, we're dead.
It's great to know our money is going to a good cause such as making TV commercials quieter and erections last twenty hours....I honestly want to punch someone. What the hell!? How about using that money to fix our roads or our education!?
If companies take Schmidt's word seriously, unemployment is going to skyrocket as workers are replaced with robots. Yes, you still need technicians and engineers, but you only need maybe two of each per few robotic units so the cost is outweighed by profit. Instead of paying a hundred workers $15/hour (Not exact, just throwing out a number) which equates to $1500/hour to the exec. Instead, have a hundred robots with maybe ten engineers and five technicians average about $23/hour, which comes out to $325/hour.
The moment that workers are out on their ass because of robots will be when I start taking a hammer and destroying them. Recession? No. Great Depression? Not even close. It will be a literal capitalist nightmare where there's the rich, then people with no home, job, money, or even a hope of seeing anything.
I think our "friends" may have learned some tricks from here in America. Prepare for drafts with a lot of double-speak that is going to be pushed quickly and with as little media attention as possible.
That...is way taking my point to the limits of who knows where.
I'm just saying Cell phones + planes shouldn't mix. I don't care if a phone call disrupts the entire stock market exchange. My concern is for the safety of the passengers and not the investments of one group a people in an energy company.
A new piece of hardware comes out faster than news is made. Out of the millions, perhaps tens of millions of devices being made around the world, don't you think that there might be one with that "perfect frequency?" I'm all for safety and I'm all for using my phone. I agree it might be an excuse, but heck it works. All of my friends require a 24/7 connection to some kind of device so I think a bit of a breather from all the gadgetry is helpful to the populace as a whole.
If they ease the ban and it turns out that there IS a device that could mess with an airplane's electronics, people will be complaining that the FAA didn't warn them. The FCC should stay out of matters that could potentially kill hundreds as well as cost airlines money and costumers. It's better to be safe than falling to your death from a couple of miles up.
This reminds me of a funny time a while back in high school. I got very sick the entirety of my spring break. What are the odds of that? I had just recently got off a stomach flu that put me out for about two or three days, but I think that it should not be counted against me towards my break. Sick happens, the world moves on, so why should I have to drop everything I do simply because someone else who isn't sick and is just as competent can't do it as a replacement?
I always keep every piece of old technology. It's not hoarding per se, because I will throw it in the recycling or give it away when it either no longer functions, I have no use, or it helps me financially towards a new game. In fact, what I do as a hobby is Digital Archeology. That is the search through the junk, files, and resources to find old games of the past. This is how I found out about Atari, a ton of games I have never heard of, but want to play, and learned neat little tricks for games I have.
However, I don't keep my foot only in the past. if I had the money, I would get some of the newer toys like a HD TV and blu ray player. I have nothing against most of the new tech, but it seems that it's getting to the point where there's a machine to wipe your ass for you. I love technology, but I stop at where my DVR records for me. I don't need a 3D TV. I have no desire for a freezer/stove combination. I believe that it's better to have a mix of the old and the new because a reliance to the old makes you incompatible with today's society, yet relying on the new turns you into a blob of jelly like in the movie Wall-E.
Well, I look at things in a kind of fractal mirrored way. Sure, Iran and China may be horrible, but it works. I'm not saying let's have an internet that's completely restricted nor do I want one completely free. You need to find a perfect harmony of Good and Evil and I think that a tri-owner of US, Britain, and Russia would be best for everyone. While the US tries to seize everything, Britain would limit their usage. While Britain wants everything out in the open, Russia steps in to make sure that there's a decent amount of censoring. That's where US steps in to corral them because information is very useful in political propaganda to make sure those sleazes in Congress stay on.
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Don't blame the government on this one. They have nooses around their necks by oil giants. They have more lobbyists than any other service and they sue all who dare to threaten their dominance because alternative power "destroys jobs for millions of people" and it's "bad for the economy." It's time we stopped listening to them and instead laugh them out of the halls of Congress.
Uh....don't count on that. Maybe the archaeologist, but everything else can be made into robotics. The first three I think they're working on now using randomizers and grammar coding. The fourth Real Dolls. The circus performer, we have robots that dance and feed animals. Wouldn't be hard to make a toreador with the right parts.
I'm not trying to be extremist, but I think the robot overlords are coming and there's little we can do to stop them. Once someone makes a self-replicating robot, we're dead.
Looks like they're using the Paranoia (a tabletop RPG) as their handbook. Commie Mutant traitors are everywhere.
It's great to know our money is going to a good cause such as making TV commercials quieter and erections last twenty hours....I honestly want to punch someone. What the hell!? How about using that money to fix our roads or our education!?
If companies take Schmidt's word seriously, unemployment is going to skyrocket as workers are replaced with robots. Yes, you still need technicians and engineers, but you only need maybe two of each per few robotic units so the cost is outweighed by profit. Instead of paying a hundred workers $15/hour (Not exact, just throwing out a number) which equates to $1500/hour to the exec. Instead, have a hundred robots with maybe ten engineers and five technicians average about $23/hour, which comes out to $325/hour.
The moment that workers are out on their ass because of robots will be when I start taking a hammer and destroying them. Recession? No. Great Depression? Not even close. It will be a literal capitalist nightmare where there's the rich, then people with no home, job, money, or even a hope of seeing anything.
I got a Sapphire 6450. It's nice and works for what I use it for *coughMinecraftcoughcough*
America might because we got our fingers up every nation's ass due to the fact we have a Napolean complex.
I think our "friends" may have learned some tricks from here in America. Prepare for drafts with a lot of double-speak that is going to be pushed quickly and with as little media attention as possible.
Then wouldn't it be wise of us to read a copy of Sun Tzu's Art of War and take them out that way?
Taking my point and exaggerating it does not make you right or sound smart.
That...is way taking my point to the limits of who knows where. I'm just saying Cell phones + planes shouldn't mix. I don't care if a phone call disrupts the entire stock market exchange. My concern is for the safety of the passengers and not the investments of one group a people in an energy company.
A new piece of hardware comes out faster than news is made. Out of the millions, perhaps tens of millions of devices being made around the world, don't you think that there might be one with that "perfect frequency?" I'm all for safety and I'm all for using my phone. I agree it might be an excuse, but heck it works. All of my friends require a 24/7 connection to some kind of device so I think a bit of a breather from all the gadgetry is helpful to the populace as a whole.
If they ease the ban and it turns out that there IS a device that could mess with an airplane's electronics, people will be complaining that the FAA didn't warn them. The FCC should stay out of matters that could potentially kill hundreds as well as cost airlines money and costumers. It's better to be safe than falling to your death from a couple of miles up.
Not all Americans are egotistical jerks. Just the lower...I'd say 7% or so? Pretty much anyone who shows up on Maury or Jerry Springer.
And with one push of a button, one company effective killed a community Jack Thompson has been trying for years.
This reminds me of a funny time a while back in high school. I got very sick the entirety of my spring break. What are the odds of that? I had just recently got off a stomach flu that put me out for about two or three days, but I think that it should not be counted against me towards my break. Sick happens, the world moves on, so why should I have to drop everything I do simply because someone else who isn't sick and is just as competent can't do it as a replacement?
I always keep every piece of old technology. It's not hoarding per se, because I will throw it in the recycling or give it away when it either no longer functions, I have no use, or it helps me financially towards a new game. In fact, what I do as a hobby is Digital Archeology. That is the search through the junk, files, and resources to find old games of the past. This is how I found out about Atari, a ton of games I have never heard of, but want to play, and learned neat little tricks for games I have.
However, I don't keep my foot only in the past. if I had the money, I would get some of the newer toys like a HD TV and blu ray player. I have nothing against most of the new tech, but it seems that it's getting to the point where there's a machine to wipe your ass for you. I love technology, but I stop at where my DVR records for me. I don't need a 3D TV. I have no desire for a freezer/stove combination. I believe that it's better to have a mix of the old and the new because a reliance to the old makes you incompatible with today's society, yet relying on the new turns you into a blob of jelly like in the movie Wall-E.
Well, I look at things in a kind of fractal mirrored way. Sure, Iran and China may be horrible, but it works. I'm not saying let's have an internet that's completely restricted nor do I want one completely free. You need to find a perfect harmony of Good and Evil and I think that a tri-owner of US, Britain, and Russia would be best for everyone. While the US tries to seize everything, Britain would limit their usage. While Britain wants everything out in the open, Russia steps in to make sure that there's a decent amount of censoring. That's where US steps in to corral them because information is very useful in political propaganda to make sure those sleazes in Congress stay on.
I assume it will get worse. Look at NAFTA, that royally messed up our import and exporting here.
Everyone knows that the U.S.wants to control everything. I mean, an internet controlled by all nations? Preposterous!
*Checks watch*
I'm not a firm believer of conspiracy theories, but score one for the Mayans on us finally revolting.
....Damn.
*Gets EMP grenade. Goes to Facebook servers. Toss in, mix well with fire*
*Deletes Facebook account* Option three.
When you put it that way, I guess I am. Kind of hurts to know that people still love me by degrading me. Swell.