There is plenty of food, water, and resources for everyone.
There's adequate food, water and resources. Not everyone is happy with that. (That may be a problem with their happiness, but the problem is still there.)
This is not a feature of the technology industry. This is exactly the behaviour of every industry that becomes arrogant, such as the automotive industry in the twentieth century, the railroad industry before then, monopoly trading companies like the East India Company, and banking as far back as the Middle Ages if not earlier.
It possible to believe that tolerating some abuse is an acceptable price to pay to ensure that charity reaches the need without creating a culture that celebrates fraud.
Seriously, it's like it's the 90s and the web site is maintained by one of those people who think they are gifted at designing user interfaces and are wrong about that and many other of their 'talents'.
Competent web site designers at least make these things user preferences.
I'm sure the technology exists or could be added to the phone system to basically say "if your caller ID is faked, we're not even accepting this".
If the phone company offered this, not only would I pay them for it, I'd, well, they'd still be an evil monopoly, but I'd at least start speaking politely about and to them.
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That human is actually only nearly living across the street.
The F-35 is supposed to sit on the ground and look pretty. It's a work of art. Of course it will be dangerous if you actually fly it.
Though they could probably make one that could actually fly for ten times the cost...
During the last century the worst ugliness was caused by the mandatory "sharing" that you propose as the solution.
Unless he means a different kind of sharing.
There is plenty of food, water, and resources for everyone.
There's adequate food, water and resources. Not everyone is happy with that. (That may be a problem with their happiness, but the problem is still there.)
Internet-enabled robots were the intended audience of the article.
Are economic ones the only roles that society has?
No, gifted, meaning given as gifts. It says more than just given.
Individual corporations, perhaps not. But together corporations already own entire governments.
This is not a feature of the technology industry. This is exactly the behaviour of every industry that becomes arrogant, such as the automotive industry in the twentieth century, the railroad industry before then, monopoly trading companies like the East India Company, and banking as far back as the Middle Ages if not earlier.
It's a crime to be a test subject for experimental pharmaceuticals?
I thought Slashdot was dead.
They haven't stopped trying.
I think they'll be able to figure those issues out. Piracy has existed for thousands of years.
London's fantastic if you're rich
Everywhere is fantastic if you're rich.
viewing cat videos affected their moods
And we know that everything mood-altering is good for your physical health and consequently promoted by governments all over the world.
Those people disagree with you. If you prefer calling them names to engaging them in dialogue, you might not be as different from them as you think.
It possible to believe that tolerating some abuse is an acceptable price to pay to ensure that charity reaches the need without creating a culture that celebrates fraud.
We really need to extend the program to homo sapiens
Maybe they already did.
can't stand to see someone get something for free on principle?
For many people that is, on principle, a bad thing, unless there's a demonstrable benefit.
The benefit may seem self-evident to some people, but others may need it identified and measured.
Seriously, it's like it's the 90s and the web site is maintained by one of those people who think they are gifted at designing user interfaces and are wrong about that and many other of their 'talents'.
Competent web site designers at least make these things user preferences.
The right groups -- fundamentalist Christians, separatists, money launderers, etc. - will be somewhat less targeted.
I'm sure the technology exists or could be added to the phone system to basically say "if your caller ID is faked, we're not even accepting this".
If the phone company offered this, not only would I pay them for it, I'd, well, they'd still be an evil monopoly, but I'd at least start speaking politely about and to them.
Mulclair also stands for selling out *workers* rights - of all things - just to suck up to the separatists.
even vaguely insulting.
There is nothing at all vague about it. I even doubt that it's unintentional.
Why should not being a retarded child be an "advanced use"?
The condescension says a great deal about Google views its users.
In other words, not as default.