You're wife's "wanting to" could very easily be a shortest path solution as well. I think what we do when saying AI can't be like us is to read more into what's happening in our own heads than really is. We're so closely tied to these processes that it becomes impossible to examine them objectively.
To go further, I posit that emotions are merely emergent behaviours of relatively simple systems, that seem to manifest complex behaviour. Just because we can't see the true motivation behind an emotion or decision, doesn't mean that the process was particularly complicated.
How would it end technological advancement? There's more to the universe than atoms and matter...
I also did a report in high school, and those were my conclusions then... that was before becoming a little more jaded and sceptical... why would businesses allow this to happen? Would the government allow its precious economy to be torn apart?
Actually, the current trend in the nanotech field is to stray away from "natural" resources, such that these self-replicating machines would require specially prepared resources in order to function, and to build. And seeing as they are mechnical, any replication errors would be faults in their design.
I don't need privacy, apart from my own physical privacy. I want people to know what I'm thinking. That's my decision. Have fun:
http://www.cam.org/~dessart/james/thinks.html
As for some idiotic making decisions about what is legitimate use, the only legitimate uses I see for publicly funded internet access are accesses to necessary information (education, job searches, etc) and communication with peers.
Has Bill Gates put "blood, sweat and tears" into his empire? Does he deserve it? The Nazis put blood, sweat and tears into their seizure of Jewish wealth. Maybe we should have let them be, after all, they worked for all that bounty.
Oppression through taxation? It's nothing compared to the real oppression going on in the world...
They didn't say access IN THE HOME would provided, only access for communities. Access outside the home makes it more likely that the service will be used legitimately.
By increasing the overall spread of wealth, we ensure a greater base of effective individuals. Spreading of wealth doesn't happen voluntarily, something libertarians never seem to realize. Human nature doesn't work like that. And charity is far from useful.
As a Canadian tax payer, I think this move is great. If internet access is available to families that wouldn't otherwise have it, new opportunities in job search or communication would be open to them. Not to mention education. With a number of universities starting internet-based classes, it makes sense to have that government-funded system accessible to everyone.
In any case, what place does an American have to say what another country's government's responsibilities or duties are? I'd rather they spent the money on that than on oil-based energy plans and missile defense plans.
I believe they have been found to have committed criminal acts in Canadian courts. I'm not sure where I came across that tidbit, but Operation Clambake, at http://www.xenu.net/, might be it...
REDMOND, WA - Microsoft and Monsanto have announced a partnership to deliver the world's leading RFC1149 compliant network. Monsanto's improved "IP Pidgeon" is capable of carrying more data faster, to Microft powered devices.
Licensing deals to hardware manufacturers are likely to follow, reports I. M. A. Dingus, an industry analyst familiar with the technology. No word has been received from Microsoft as to who the hardware vendors would be. &tongue location="removed from cheek"&
Not necessarily. I had a contract that stipulated that all the code I produced belonged to the company. They had no issues with assigning the FSF any IP I created for a FSF project.
Well, you really have to look at the issue somewhat differently. The employees who work on the stuff want OSS acceptance for their work. The lawyers want to protect Apple's IP. These two groups probably never meet, in any real sense, and are frequently going at cross purposes.
In the event that you have an IP assignment contract, you can always try to get the company to sign a waiver. The GNU people do this, when someone joins an official GNU project. They have forms, etc, all prepared for that purpose...
Or devoutly humanist parents. It's nothing about religion, and everything about moral and ethical structure. But otherwise, I agree.
Parents should pay attention to their children, nurture them, do stuff with them.
During my most difficult high school years, it wasn't religion I turned to for solace. It was the fact that a good set of morals had been instilled in me.
Even so-called religious families can lead to this sort of thing, if nurturing and caring is not emphasized enough.
I'd tend to think that this "balkanization" is as a result of democracy. Democracy allows people to go off and do their own thing, because it matters less. Their voice is smaller, by being one in several million.
I would like to step out on a limb and say that democracy is hazardous for the long-term health of society, since it encourages these sorts of breakdowns.
The most effective system for community/society building is one based on consensus, not vote. It's about actually coming together, instead of "it's my vote, I'll do what I want with it."
How can we possibly hope to achieve any kind of great things as a society by being hundreds of smaller societies only co-existing for resources?
This was the design the Newton R&D group at Apple was trying to go for when they first started out. It fizzled due to the fact that it would have cost $8000 at the time. We've come a long way since then.
Although existentialism is attractive to many college students as an alternative to religion, I believe it's a dead end. I'm not religious, apart from having a set of beliefs. These beliefs don't include a god. However, for me, like is not absurd. Life becomes something that is good in its own right, without the need for external value. Not just life, but all of existance. By its very being, it justifies itself. As such, existance is its own purpose, which is to be.
Patents, in general, are not good for the software industry, as it moves so much faster than tangible goods industries. It stifles competition, and inhibits growth. If, for instance, the computer had been successfully patented, I don't think we would have had personal computers until the mid 90s.
> he is simply the character that goofs off the whole time you're playing
My question is, what kind of responsible GM doesn't send such a player flying into a trap and have them die?
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To go further, I posit that emotions are merely emergent behaviours of relatively simple systems, that seem to manifest complex behaviour. Just because we can't see the true motivation behind an emotion or decision, doesn't mean that the process was particularly complicated.
Maybe the motherboard manufacturer went out of business... hehe...
I also did a report in high school, and those were my conclusions then... that was before becoming a little more jaded and sceptical... why would businesses allow this to happen? Would the government allow its precious economy to be torn apart?
Actually, the current trend in the nanotech field is to stray away from "natural" resources, such that these self-replicating machines would require specially prepared resources in order to function, and to build. And seeing as they are mechnical, any replication errors would be faults in their design.
As for some idiotic making decisions about what is legitimate use, the only legitimate uses I see for publicly funded internet access are accesses to necessary information (education, job searches, etc) and communication with peers.
Oppression through taxation? It's nothing compared to the real oppression going on in the world...
They didn't say access IN THE HOME would provided, only access for communities. Access outside the home makes it more likely that the service will be used legitimately.
By increasing the overall spread of wealth, we ensure a greater base of effective individuals. Spreading of wealth doesn't happen voluntarily, something libertarians never seem to realize. Human nature doesn't work like that. And charity is far from useful.
In any case, what place does an American have to say what another country's government's responsibilities or duties are? I'd rather they spent the money on that than on oil-based energy plans and missile defense plans.
I believe they have been found to have committed criminal acts in Canadian courts. I'm not sure where I came across that tidbit, but Operation Clambake, at http://www.xenu.net/, might be it...
Licensing deals to hardware manufacturers are likely to follow, reports I. M. A. Dingus, an industry analyst familiar with the technology. No word has been received from Microsoft as to who the hardware vendors would be. &tongue location="removed from cheek"&
Not necessarily. I had a contract that stipulated that all the code I produced belonged to the company. They had no issues with assigning the FSF any IP I created for a FSF project.
I'd rather not have to support "Web turn-off week" as well as "TV turn-off week"
Well, you really have to look at the issue somewhat differently. The employees who work on the stuff want OSS acceptance for their work. The lawyers want to protect Apple's IP. These two groups probably never meet, in any real sense, and are frequently going at cross purposes.
In the event that you have an IP assignment contract, you can always try to get the company to sign a waiver. The GNU people do this, when someone joins an official GNU project. They have forms, etc, all prepared for that purpose...
Parents should pay attention to their children, nurture them, do stuff with them.
During my most difficult high school years, it wasn't religion I turned to for solace. It was the fact that a good set of morals had been instilled in me.
Even so-called religious families can lead to this sort of thing, if nurturing and caring is not emphasized enough.
When you're bitter and irritable, do you shoot off at the mouth like this guy?
I would like to step out on a limb and say that democracy is hazardous for the long-term health of society, since it encourages these sorts of breakdowns.
The most effective system for community/society building is one based on consensus, not vote. It's about actually coming together, instead of "it's my vote, I'll do what I want with it."
How can we possibly hope to achieve any kind of great things as a society by being hundreds of smaller societies only co-existing for resources?
This was the design the Newton R&D group at Apple was trying to go for when they first started out. It fizzled due to the fact that it would have cost $8000 at the time. We've come a long way since then.
Although existentialism is attractive to many college students as an alternative to religion, I believe it's a dead end. I'm not religious, apart from having a set of beliefs. These beliefs don't include a god. However, for me, like is not absurd. Life becomes something that is good in its own right, without the need for external value. Not just life, but all of existance. By its very being, it justifies itself. As such, existance is its own purpose, which is to be.
Patents, in general, are not good for the software industry, as it moves so much faster than tangible goods industries. It stifles competition, and inhibits growth. If, for instance, the computer had been successfully patented, I don't think we would have had personal computers until the mid 90s.
Wow, that came out badly... I mena to have a in there. :)
Well, at least that's what theDM's thinking...
"Dogammit... if they don't stop messing up this campaign, I'm gonna send a demon after them!"
> he is simply the character that goofs off the whole time you're playing My question is, what kind of responsible GM doesn't send such a player flying into a trap and have them die?