Every feature of Facebook that caused me to sign on with it when it first opened, is available through Twitter. I'm linked to everyone I know and I can give them status updates and post photos and view theirs. There is no reason for me to ever use Facebook now that I have Twitter.
Over six thousand protestors in a single day? I think you are hallucinating friend. The biggest day was 700 on the Brooklyn Bridge. After that the NYPD was careful not to perform mass arrests. I think you should probably stop spreading lies.
Funny that I don't see anyone talk about the stories themselves, just the news surrounding their acquisition... Is there some radical content in these stories, something of super-human insight or intelligence, that was supposed to be locked away for a good reason?
Considering that these are supposed to be helium balloons, and we're facing a global helium shortage - yes, this is an immoral use of the technology. It was already a matter for debate when they were going to waste helium to bring the miracle of Twitter to the earth's rural poor. They're hastening the demise of MRI machines in the name of higher bandwidth for the globe-hopping ultra-rich, that is what I call "evil."
She says in the comments, "The speeding was justified as I was in a 65 mph zone and thought I was on a 75mph zone, I always feel like I need some software to alert me when zones change... is that only me??" Actually California does have an "app" to alert you when zones change, it involves physical displays of the current speed limit that come into eyesight as you physically approach them
What I see is less power in the hands of users as all games become subscription and "early access." The developer is freed from its obligation to ever provide a finished product that actually belongs to the user, rather than being leased or sold "on spec"
cannibalization of an apple product by another apple product is a good thing.... except of course for the massive waste and human suffering involved in manufacturing the cannibalized line of products.
I think http://twitter.com/Horse_ebooks has a significantly higher success rating than 16%. Granted its tweets are not "jokes." But I hardly think "I like my coffee like I like my war - cold" qualifies as a joke. Especially since they are trying to make the AI "funny" out of any sort of context.
I'm glad that the scientific community will benefit from these good auspices. NASA's in-house seers predict this will totally compensate for the bad omen earlier this year, when seven ravens got incinerated on the launchpad.
I was making a joke, but if you'd like me to be serious, I do know about RepRap, and I have to say: the premise that we can make self-replicating devices (or device families) that not only reproduce themselves, but acquire the resources for their reproduction in an efficient way, seems far-fetched to me. That is what this article is about: we assume that evolution has made refinements on reproductive processes that should be clues for people trying to improve self-replication in machines. Unfortunately, even biological processes, honed by millenia of natural selection, are pretty wasteful, because most of them have never had to adapt to Earth's very finitude.
Won't this inevitably lead to a situation where we are forced to purchase wind-generated energy just to get the wind farmers to release enough breathable air for humanity to survive? I, for one, say "no thank you" to eternal debt slavery to the alternative energy consortium.
"Interorbital Systems, a space exploration company that specializes in small satellites, offers a list of applications including imaging, research, space art, and space burials."
Spend the first few years of eternity... in space!
That will be great - by sucking nutrients out of the deepest parts of the ocean, we'll ensure that humanity causes extinction events at every level of terrestrial life we possibly can!
Thank you, that was a good post. That article's argument is no different from divine right, manifest destiny, racial superiority, male prerogative, and all the other delusions people have maintained over the centuries to justify fucking over other people.
Yes, that is exactly the kind of meaningless "political" "opinion" I'm talking about. What do you know about people crushing other people's throats with combat boots in the Cuban revolution? A revolution in which 58 men inspired a country of 6.5 million to throw out a dictatorial, postcolonial government? You know nothing.
You're comparing the Cuban Revolution to the rise of Nazi Germany? Congratulations on almost completing your American primary public education little guy.
Slashdot Mirror
What would be the point of continuing to read/use Slashdot after Beta becomes mandatory?
"Until you experience the speed ..." Why does everything about this article remind me of drug addicts chasing the dragon?
Every feature of Facebook that caused me to sign on with it when it first opened, is available through Twitter. I'm linked to everyone I know and I can give them status updates and post photos and view theirs. There is no reason for me to ever use Facebook now that I have Twitter.
Over six thousand protestors in a single day? I think you are hallucinating friend. The biggest day was 700 on the Brooklyn Bridge. After that the NYPD was careful not to perform mass arrests. I think you should probably stop spreading lies.
Funny that I don't see anyone talk about the stories themselves, just the news surrounding their acquisition... Is there some radical content in these stories, something of super-human insight or intelligence, that was supposed to be locked away for a good reason?
Considering that these are supposed to be helium balloons, and we're facing a global helium shortage - yes, this is an immoral use of the technology. It was already a matter for debate when they were going to waste helium to bring the miracle of Twitter to the earth's rural poor. They're hastening the demise of MRI machines in the name of higher bandwidth for the globe-hopping ultra-rich, that is what I call "evil."
She says in the comments, "The speeding was justified as I was in a 65 mph zone and thought I was on a 75mph zone, I always feel like I need some software to alert me when zones change ... is that only me??" Actually California does have an "app" to alert you when zones change, it involves physical displays of the current speed limit that come into eyesight as you physically approach them
wouldn't a better name have been "ipod hair"
What I see is less power in the hands of users as all games become subscription and "early access." The developer is freed from its obligation to ever provide a finished product that actually belongs to the user, rather than being leased or sold "on spec"
cannibalization of an apple product by another apple product is a good thing.... except of course for the massive waste and human suffering involved in manufacturing the cannibalized line of products.
"having not RTFA"
"Score:5, Insightful"
if you read the article, the one milligan wrote, you will see that you are not being very score:5 insightful.
They meant to admit this to the public last week, but their press release got its letters changed around for some reason...
I think http://twitter.com/Horse_ebooks has a significantly higher success rating than 16%. Granted its tweets are not "jokes." But I hardly think "I like my coffee like I like my war - cold" qualifies as a joke. Especially since they are trying to make the AI "funny" out of any sort of context.
I'm glad that the scientific community will benefit from these good auspices. NASA's in-house seers predict this will totally compensate for the bad omen earlier this year, when seven ravens got incinerated on the launchpad.
Those aren't biomarkers for violence... they're biomarkers for self-defense! USA! USA!
I was making a joke, but if you'd like me to be serious, I do know about RepRap, and I have to say: the premise that we can make self-replicating devices (or device families) that not only reproduce themselves, but acquire the resources for their reproduction in an efficient way, seems far-fetched to me. That is what this article is about: we assume that evolution has made refinements on reproductive processes that should be clues for people trying to improve self-replication in machines. Unfortunately, even biological processes, honed by millenia of natural selection, are pretty wasteful, because most of them have never had to adapt to Earth's very finitude.
...which are themselves manufactured in big, smoke-belching factories.
Good post. You reminded me of a Franz Kafka story: http://records.viu.ca/~Johnstoi/kafka/beforethelaw.htm
Won't this inevitably lead to a situation where we are forced to purchase wind-generated energy just to get the wind farmers to release enough breathable air for humanity to survive? I, for one, say "no thank you" to eternal debt slavery to the alternative energy consortium.
"Interorbital Systems, a space exploration company that specializes in small satellites, offers a list of applications including imaging, research, space art, and space burials."
Spend the first few years of eternity... in space!
That will be great - by sucking nutrients out of the deepest parts of the ocean, we'll ensure that humanity causes extinction events at every level of terrestrial life we possibly can!
Thank you, that was a good post. That article's argument is no different from divine right, manifest destiny, racial superiority, male prerogative, and all the other delusions people have maintained over the centuries to justify fucking over other people.
Yes, that is exactly the kind of meaningless "political" "opinion" I'm talking about. What do you know about people crushing other people's throats with combat boots in the Cuban revolution? A revolution in which 58 men inspired a country of 6.5 million to throw out a dictatorial, postcolonial government? You know nothing.
You're comparing the Cuban Revolution to the rise of Nazi Germany? Congratulations on almost completing your American primary public education little guy.
Thanks for posting your reply, I never considered the mythology of the breakthrough before. Very interesting idea!