Even the most empty space has some matter in it, so we can exclude the possibility of matter and anti-matter simply never having bumped into each other, or we would be able to see gamma rays.
The whole universe is possibly far bigger than the observable universe, so it's still not impossible, but then we are left with the question as to why the distribution is so uneven that there is only the one kind in the observable universe.
For myself, the issue was information, namely the history of the Christian Church (there can't be 'one true faith' if literally everything in your religion was plagiarized from other religions) and evolutionary psychology. And it came from traditional paper books.
The impact of the Internet is more likely the revelation that atheists are not the vanishingly small fringe group that religious people want to believe.
Considering the costs in downtime, training, lost productivity, user frustration, etc., £ 5.5 million is probably the most cost-effective response to XP end of life I've heard of yet. To say nothing of the lost brain cells.
There was a time when attempting to cross an ocean was suicide, but the technology get better. Well, the financial rewards got better and technology caught up.
In any case, the analogous space travel technology is not there yet.
There is a difference between a risky endeavour and certain death.
Instinctively, we accept risk of death when the reward justifies it. Being a successful astronaut is rewarding - in terms of prestige if nothing else.
A compelling scientific mission that will add to human knowledge is arguably more rewarding for civilization, but not for the individual who dies, and the reward is too abstract for our instinctive response.
Plus it's not obvious that there is a lot that live astronauts can do that do that robots can't. Simply 'being first' will not be a compelling reason for others to enable suicide, or be left to watch it helplessly from a distance.
is that Darth Vader managed to commit massive violations of civil and human rights and have probably the two most costly military projects in history fail on his watch, despite which he was completely ineffective in his counter-terrorism policy. His career as a public servant was a series of disasters.
Of course they know 99% of even technical people simply cannot fix software of this complexity. They are waiting for everyone else to point out how inadequate ordinary people or even ordinary software developers are compared to masters such as themselves, because they would rather listen to that than follow through with whatever commitment they made.
I think the point about replacing blood is just to get the refrigerant to all parts of the body quickly. But if there was any temporary oxygen deprivation, there could be brain damage and then you've got zombies.
All we know is that prison doesn't deter the people who end up there. It's possible that prison is the reason why so many law-abiding people are law-abiding.
Justice has to be *seen* to be done, or people will stop believing in it.
Depends on your definition of 'mass unemployment'. There have been substantial economic dislocations in the past and a great deal of human suffering until the job and labour markets adjusted.
Now technological advances give us economic dislocation on a nearly continuous basis.
...were on to something. Not that mechanization is evil - it is progress. But what we're seeing now that we have not faced in the past is technology and automation advancing faster than society's capacity to restructure the economy so that everyone has an opportunity for some basic livelihood. Extremes of poverty and desperation are not a good alternative.
Not so much. For years afterwards, the Nazis' best military hardware was the stuff they got from Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakia didn't just lose territory, they had to leave everything behind in the frontier defences.
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So do I: Hawaii.
illegal under Geneva convention for prisoners. Your data is safe.
...except from the CIA.
Most of the comprehension difficulty is not with 'warming', it's with 'global'.
Even the most empty space has some matter in it, so we can exclude the possibility of matter and anti-matter simply never having bumped into each other, or we would be able to see gamma rays.
The whole universe is possibly far bigger than the observable universe, so it's still not impossible, but then we are left with the question as to why the distribution is so uneven that there is only the one kind in the observable universe.
You know of a court of law that accepts documents authored after all of the alleged eye witnesses were conveniently dead as evidence?
For myself, the issue was information, namely the history of the Christian Church (there can't be 'one true faith' if literally everything in your religion was plagiarized from other religions) and evolutionary psychology. And it came from traditional paper books.
The impact of the Internet is more likely the revelation that atheists are not the vanishingly small fringe group that religious people want to believe.
...there are still no hidden transfer fees.
Considering the costs in downtime, training, lost productivity, user frustration, etc., £ 5.5 million is probably the most cost-effective response to XP end of life I've heard of yet. To say nothing of the lost brain cells.
And as effective as any other religion.
...a slew of other common nonsenses
Very insightful. People won't learn common sense without seeing the contrast between common sense and common nonsense.
If they prevent lawsuits, probably cheap at the price.
"Internet of things" sounds like some retarded proprietary crap from some big-name company
So, you're saying it didn't come from a big-name company?
There was a time when attempting to cross an ocean was suicide, but the technology get better. Well, the financial rewards got better and technology caught up.
In any case, the analogous space travel technology is not there yet.
There is a difference between a risky endeavour and certain death.
Instinctively, we accept risk of death when the reward justifies it. Being a successful astronaut is rewarding - in terms of prestige if nothing else.
A compelling scientific mission that will add to human knowledge is arguably more rewarding for civilization, but not for the individual who dies, and the reward is too abstract for our instinctive response.
Plus it's not obvious that there is a lot that live astronauts can do that do that robots can't. Simply 'being first' will not be a compelling reason for others to enable suicide, or be left to watch it helplessly from a distance.
is that Darth Vader managed to commit massive violations of civil and human rights and have probably the two most costly military projects in history fail on his watch, despite which he was completely ineffective in his counter-terrorism policy. His career as a public servant was a series of disasters.
So, about the same as most Earth politicians.
If oil can leak out, bacteria can leak in.
(It doesn't matter whether that's true or not; it's enough that it sounds plausible.)
The problem illustrates technology egos gone mad.
Of course they know 99% of even technical people simply cannot fix software of this complexity. They are waiting for everyone else to point out how inadequate ordinary people or even ordinary software developers are compared to masters such as themselves, because they would rather listen to that than follow through with whatever commitment they made.
He tried to *relocate* it, not close it.
I think the point about replacing blood is just to get the refrigerant to all parts of the body quickly. But if there was any temporary oxygen deprivation, there could be brain damage and then you've got zombies.
It could be worse. Before the printing press, proper names were generally translated, not just transliterated.
All we know is that prison doesn't deter the people who end up there. It's possible that prison is the reason why so many law-abiding people are law-abiding.
Justice has to be *seen* to be done, or people will stop believing in it.
Depends on your definition of 'mass unemployment'. There have been substantial economic dislocations in the past and a great deal of human suffering until the job and labour markets adjusted.
Now technological advances give us economic dislocation on a nearly continuous basis.
...were on to something. Not that mechanization is evil - it is progress. But what we're seeing now that we have not faced in the past is technology and automation advancing faster than society's capacity to restructure the economy so that everyone has an opportunity for some basic livelihood. Extremes of poverty and desperation are not a good alternative.
Also known as "oil".
Not so much. For years afterwards, the Nazis' best military hardware was the stuff they got from Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakia didn't just lose territory, they had to leave everything behind in the frontier defences.