Please... we all pay for things with our taxes that we don't agree with. I, for example, don't believe in paying for the jailing of people for marijuana posession, No Child Left Behind, Operation Iraqi Liberation (OIL), etc.
The only problem with that is the possibly of alerting the government of your curiosity. This can have a chilling effect on researchers looking for information on said service. If the information is hosted elsewhere, that alleviates the problem.
Whether or not it will rain on Thursday is a point prediction, which means (by virtue) that it's a very inaccurate prediction; however, whether or not salinity changes in the ocean will cause changes in oceanic currents over large periods of time is much less of a point prediction.
Rather than being concerned about local fluctuations in weather for a single day, these simulations are on much higher scales and over longer periods of time. It's much easier to predict large scale effects in weather than it is to predict the smaller ones (which seem random but show emergent patterns on larger scales).
"We" are not concentrating "our" efforts on this. Some people are. It's not like the world is going to end because some developers try to add a little flexibility to the way windows get drawn.
Oh, the reason I believe that reproduction can lead to consciousness is because there are always errors introduced when copying something (unless it's digital, but that's debatable). Mutation will happen. This can lead to consciousness.
Upgrading and replacing parts has its limits, I think. This is why nature selects for organisms that reproduce. Call this a hunch if you will, but I think that there's a reason why _all_ living things reproduce.
Because donating 1.5% of my assets puts me in the poor house?
I'm sorry, but there's nothing spectacular about one of the world's richest men donating money. It's nice that he did it, but it's night like the guy is sacrificing.
Does this matter? If they're reading about it on a mailing list, well... there's your prior art. They may not have much success going down that path.
If they decide to clone the technology... so what? MS assimilation of inter-corporation tech is nothing new. And it's nothing new to see MS using FOSS tech in the same fashion.
Yes, and that requirement set and outline are so detailed that the people implementing it are basically acting as robots. I've taken a few software engineering courses, and it doesn't take much to code to other people's specifications (at least, that's the point of creating said specs).
And the last great algorithmic contribution is quicksort? I'm not even gonna respond to that because it's way out in left field.
Actually, this is a discussion site, not a news site. If you don't like Michael's post, don't read it. Slashdot editors are free to express their opinions in their posts per tradition, I would say. Slashdot began as a community site, and it carries along with it some social baggage from the time during which said site was community run.
This is the classic "bobo doll" experiment, Man. I learned this in psych 101. Notice that the child was beating up on an inanimate (non-real, non-living) object. The idea is that the child knows the difference between a living, breathing human being and a doll.
Won't that lead to having an excess number of cable lines going to every home? Isn't that the same reason why telephone companies were granted a government-sanctioned monopoly?
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Also, I don't believe in the death penalty... since we seem to be throwing the word "believe" around so casually these days.
Please... we all pay for things with our taxes that we don't agree with. I, for example, don't believe in paying for the jailing of people for marijuana posession, No Child Left Behind, Operation Iraqi Liberation (OIL), etc.
Why was OOP invented? Because complicated programs are too large for you to wrap your head around all at once.
Weren't most of our founding fathers deists? Isn't profound religiousness at odds with the tenants of deism?
Yes, contrary to popular belief, our founding fathers were, for the most part, not christian.
The only problem with that is the possibly of alerting the government of your curiosity. This can have a chilling effect on researchers looking for information on said service. If the information is hosted elsewhere, that alleviates the problem.
Whether or not it will rain on Thursday is a point prediction, which means (by virtue) that it's a very inaccurate prediction; however, whether or not salinity changes in the ocean will cause changes in oceanic currents over large periods of time is much less of a point prediction.
Rather than being concerned about local fluctuations in weather for a single day, these simulations are on much higher scales and over longer periods of time. It's much easier to predict large scale effects in weather than it is to predict the smaller ones (which seem random but show emergent patterns on larger scales).
Sorry to reply to my own post, but I'd like to ad this:
Don't assume that someone else's work is trash simply because you don't understand it or see the value in it. The usual bullshit, indeed...
"We" are not concentrating "our" efforts on this. Some people are. It's not like the world is going to end because some developers try to add a little flexibility to the way windows get drawn.
You're talking apples and oranges. It's relatively easy to copy bits and distribute them. That's not true of physical books.
And there are other operating systems you can use besides Linux. Monopoly != 100% ownership of a market.
Oh, the reason I believe that reproduction can lead to consciousness is because there are always errors introduced when copying something (unless it's digital, but that's debatable). Mutation will happen. This can lead to consciousness.
True, but I think it means that they _can_ become conscious beings.
Upgrading and replacing parts has its limits, I think. This is why nature selects for organisms that reproduce. Call this a hunch if you will, but I think that there's a reason why _all_ living things reproduce.
If this story is so uninteresting to you, then why did you click the link?
Honestly, I loathe seeing these posts in every other story. The revolting part is that people tend to get modded up for this.
Because donating 1.5% of my assets puts me in the poor house?
I'm sorry, but there's nothing spectacular about one of the world's richest men donating money. It's nice that he did it, but it's night like the guy is sacrificing.
Then wtf is a live performance if not a perfect analogy to movie ticket sales?
Does this matter? If they're reading about it on a mailing list, well... there's your prior art. They may not have much success going down that path.
If they decide to clone the technology... so what? MS assimilation of inter-corporation tech is nothing new. And it's nothing new to see MS using FOSS tech in the same fashion.
Yes, and that requirement set and outline are so detailed that the people implementing it are basically acting as robots. I've taken a few software engineering courses, and it doesn't take much to code to other people's specifications (at least, that's the point of creating said specs).
And the last great algorithmic contribution is quicksort? I'm not even gonna respond to that because it's way out in left field.
Good, God! What makes you think people wanna see that? :P
Actually, this is a discussion site, not a news site. If you don't like Michael's post, don't read it. Slashdot editors are free to express their opinions in their posts per tradition, I would say. Slashdot began as a community site, and it carries along with it some social baggage from the time during which said site was community run.
Repeat after me: Slashdot is not a news site.
This is the classic "bobo doll" experiment, Man. I learned this in psych 101. Notice that the child was beating up on an inanimate (non-real, non-living) object. The idea is that the child knows the difference between a living, breathing human being and a doll.
Won't that lead to having an excess number of cable lines going to every home? Isn't that the same reason why telephone companies were granted a government-sanctioned monopoly?
Oh, come on. Is your mom really as stupid as a horse?
"Plus engineers are only needed to make the product ONCE."
What? Are you talking about software engineers or artifact engineers? There is a huge difference between the two.
Nowadays, software creation is done in an iterative fashion.
A neural net chip? Did we all the sudden develop technology to fabricate 3D chips?