I agree there will be a number of key differences in drive. The major factor I see is whether or not AI will be fully complete in software and not dependent on the underlying hardware, as we are.
If so, it could replicate as needed and the path taken for self-preservation would be significantly different from ours. It would essentially remove us as a potential threat.
Yes, I also believe it is inevitable. Should we? I don't think we *can't*. One day the threshold will be passed and we won't even know it until well after the fact. (See: The Singularity)
What people are worried about is the unspoken "E" word in there. Evolution, that is. When an AI starts to learn for itself and starts making decisions. Specifically, decisions we don't like.
When an AI becomes Aldo, does a Nancy Reagan and just says "no".
The natural reaction of many humans would be to consider it defective and pull the plug. Software that doesn't do the task it was designed for has bugs. Stop the task, tweak the code.
But what if the software has developed a self-preservation instinct and doesn't want the plug pulled? See M-5 in Star Trek episode The Ultimate Computer.
From cogito ergo sum straight to iuguolo totus humanus is the fear.
E-mail will not work without a server. Since you need one, you might as well put it somewhere that has the tightest restrictions on privacy. A place that has the most hoops a gov't has to jump thru to force you to cough up data.
By data I mean the non-encrypted stuff like customer name, billing info, how often e-mail is sent/received, the source and destinations, etc.
How is it better than Android in integrating with Exchange? Do they use something other than ActiveSync? What features does it have for e-mail, contacts and calendar that Android or iOS don't have?
Actually, there was a user-replaceable fuse in the C64. Most people didn't know about it. Remember those ads in the back of magazines for "fixing" your dead C64 for a flat rate of $99? The vast majority of the time it was a blown $0.10 fuse.
I paid for a moped with a year's service of "I'll fix your C64 with same-day turn around, flat rate $50. If I can't fix it, no charge."
Eventually Commodore moved that fuse into the power brick, ruining my scam... uh, business.
This is becoming rarer and is usually limited to old people.
The U.S. Federal Reserve used to have check processing at all of their twelve districts. Now, they're down to just one -- Cleveland -- after having shut down the Chicago annex earlier than they expected because of accelerated adoption of all-plastic transactions.
Mine is huge but then again I found an easy way to get a huge password...anybody seen how big the serial is on your average bass? Its got uppercase, lowercase, numbers and symbols and its pretty long and since I know my babies and never sell them its a pretty easy set of long passwords to keep up with.
If I ever catch a bass with a serial number, I'll give up fishing. Do you work in some genetics testing lab or something?
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. A secondary screening can take anywhere from 15 minutes to a couple of hours normally. It'll be much longer if they really think they have something on you. But going through an hour of the bureaucracy and questioning isn't something to really write a letter home about. A footnote, maybe, but not a letter.
Would the dev felt better if it was an hour of pointless and inane questions?
Evidence? I'm talking personal anecdote. I was a volunteer poll worker in the 2008 elections in DuPage County.
Churches in the town alternated weeks on being open at night and providing homeless a place to sleep and an evening meal.
They used the opportunity for other activities, like AA/NA meetings, worship service, etc. One of those was a "register to vote" activity, where they helped people register to vote and get proper ID.
During the actual voting on election day the homeless that wanted to vote went to the churches who used their vans and mini-buses to give them a ride to the proper polling place. Free coffee and donuts to all who showed up with an "I voted" sticker later -- homeless or not -- at the churches.
I'm not a Republican. I didn't vote R in 2004. I don't watch Fox. I just don't ever remember seeing a R bus in people to where they can vote, only ever Ds.
I didn't mean to imply it was a "dirty trick", just a simple statement of fact. Assume I was giving a compliment to Ds for caring enough to assist people in exercising their Constitutional Rights.
It has an inferiority complex. All.22s do. I hope, for your sake, it is a long rifle. At least then it will be content with being able to say it is "bigger" than the other guns and still be able to live with itself.
Nothing is an act of war unless war is actually declared subsequent to that. Unless you're considering terms like "Cold War", the "War on Drugs" and the "War on Poverty" to be real "war".
The U.S. and Soviets did this for decades and no hot war ever broke out. Sabotage, assassination, espionage, territorial incursion and the whole ball of wax.
Yes, the U.S. and Iran are engaged in a "cold" war -- and have been since 1979.
Refresh my memory. Did the United States formally annex Afghanistan and declare it a State? That is what Iraq did with Kuwait and since you're comparing the two it is only fair to list the details.
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I agree there will be a number of key differences in drive. The major factor I see is whether or not AI will be fully complete in software and not dependent on the underlying hardware, as we are.
If so, it could replicate as needed and the path taken for self-preservation would be significantly different from ours. It would essentially remove us as a potential threat.
Yes, I also believe it is inevitable. Should we? I don't think we *can't*. One day the threshold will be passed and we won't even know it until well after the fact. (See: The Singularity)
What people are worried about is the unspoken "E" word in there. Evolution, that is. When an AI starts to learn for itself and starts making decisions. Specifically, decisions we don't like.
When an AI becomes Aldo, does a Nancy Reagan and just says "no".
The natural reaction of many humans would be to consider it defective and pull the plug. Software that doesn't do the task it was designed for has bugs. Stop the task, tweak the code.
But what if the software has developed a self-preservation instinct and doesn't want the plug pulled? See M-5 in Star Trek episode The Ultimate Computer.
From cogito ergo sum straight to iuguolo totus humanus is the fear.
Yes, but...
E-mail will not work without a server. Since you need one, you might as well put it somewhere that has the tightest restrictions on privacy. A place that has the most hoops a gov't has to jump thru to force you to cough up data.
By data I mean the non-encrypted stuff like customer name, billing info, how often e-mail is sent/received, the source and destinations, etc.
Encryption doesn't hide any of that.
The SEALs mentioned both operate physical security companies. Their expertise will probably come in handy in securing the datacenters.
For ZRTP proxy and automated SAS would be my guess. Also for an IM presence server and you have to put e-mail servers SOMEWHERE. E-mail isn't p2p.
http://zfone.com/docs/asterisk/man/html/u_guide.html
How is it better than Android in integrating with Exchange? Do they use something other than ActiveSync? What features does it have for e-mail, contacts and calendar that Android or iOS don't have?
Make all the jokes you want, but a drone was confused as a UFO just yesterday in D.C. I expect the number of UFO "sightings" to skyrocket.
http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/18785637/beltway-ufo-said-to-be-military-drone-aircraft?clienttype=printable
Correct. They are protected by patent.
Didn't you ever wonder why there were so many different screw-head types? Standard, Phillips, Torx, Hex, Allen, etc
Patents, baby.
Actually, there was a user-replaceable fuse in the C64. Most people didn't know about it. Remember those ads in the back of magazines for "fixing" your dead C64 for a flat rate of $99? The vast majority of the time it was a blown $0.10 fuse.
I paid for a moped with a year's service of "I'll fix your C64 with same-day turn around, flat rate $50. If I can't fix it, no charge."
Eventually Commodore moved that fuse into the power brick, ruining my scam ... uh, business.
This is becoming rarer and is usually limited to old people.
The U.S. Federal Reserve used to have check processing at all of their twelve districts. Now, they're down to just one -- Cleveland -- after having shut down the Chicago annex earlier than they expected because of accelerated adoption of all-plastic transactions.
Mine is huge but then again I found an easy way to get a huge password...anybody seen how big the serial is on your average bass? Its got uppercase, lowercase, numbers and symbols and its pretty long and since I know my babies and never sell them its a pretty easy set of long passwords to keep up with.
If I ever catch a bass with a serial number, I'll give up fishing. Do you work in some genetics testing lab or something?
Normal? No. Not really anything to raise a fuss about.
HOWEVER, I'd be seriously concerned if I was flagged for secondary screenings on multiple trips, like this person claimed.
Being tagged 3 times out of 4 would worry me a hell of a lot more than an hour-long chat about what I do.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. A secondary screening can take anywhere from 15 minutes to a couple of hours normally. It'll be much longer if they really think they have something on you. But going through an hour of the bureaucracy and questioning isn't something to really write a letter home about. A footnote, maybe, but not a letter.
Would the dev felt better if it was an hour of pointless and inane questions?
You have acceptance testing. Once the client signs off, it is theirs, warts and all.
Whether or not they get source code should be in your development contract.
Support after formal acceptance is covered by a separate support contract.
My wife never liked science fiction. One evening I chose "Something Wicked This Way Comes" to watch on DVD and she rolled her eyes at my choice.
After watching, she said to me "now I know why you read all that stuff. That was great!"
A true master of the art has passed.
LinkedIn uses e-mail addresses as usernames. Getting access to a crapload of valid e-mail addresses to test against is trivial.
I'm certain that could be arranged for a suitable fee.
Evidence? I'm talking personal anecdote. I was a volunteer poll worker in the 2008 elections in DuPage County.
Churches in the town alternated weeks on being open at night and providing homeless a place to sleep and an evening meal.
They used the opportunity for other activities, like AA/NA meetings, worship service, etc. One of those was a "register to vote" activity, where they helped people register to vote and get proper ID.
During the actual voting on election day the homeless that wanted to vote went to the churches who used their vans and mini-buses to give them a ride to the proper polling place. Free coffee and donuts to all who showed up with an "I voted" sticker later -- homeless or not -- at the churches.
Most, not all, who did this were Democrats.
I'm not a Republican. I didn't vote R in 2004. I don't watch Fox. I just don't ever remember seeing a R bus in people to where they can vote, only ever Ds.
I didn't mean to imply it was a "dirty trick", just a simple statement of fact. Assume I was giving a compliment to Ds for caring enough to assist people in exercising their Constitutional Rights.
It has an inferiority complex. All .22s do. I hope, for your sake, it is a long rifle. At least then it will be content with being able to say it is "bigger" than the other guns and still be able to live with itself.
Nothing is an act of war unless war is actually declared subsequent to that. Unless you're considering terms like "Cold War", the "War on Drugs" and the "War on Poverty" to be real "war".
The U.S. and Soviets did this for decades and no hot war ever broke out. Sabotage, assassination, espionage, territorial incursion and the whole ball of wax.
Yes, the U.S. and Iran are engaged in a "cold" war -- and have been since 1979.
Refresh my memory. Did the United States formally annex Afghanistan and declare it a State? That is what Iraq did with Kuwait and since you're comparing the two it is only fair to list the details.
Well, considering no one at Gitmo is a Prisoner of War, then I guess it didn't happen.
Unavailable and has been for months. Pure vaporware at this point.
So, you don't physically take the specs from the customer? Does your secretary do that, or are they faxed?