I knew I recognised it! The "Just Read The Instructions" would have been obvious; don't know how I forgot the OCISLY! Jernau (Morat) Gurgeh and Flere Imsaho (if I recall their names correctly, and I think I do) are my favourite pair of reluctant protagonists; so much so that the Player of Games is my favourite scifi novel, I just haven't read it in a couple years.
The question is simple. Can an otherwise viable human be terminated to ensure that the mother is not inconvenienced?
A viable human would be able to survive independently; an embryo can't.
Should it be illegal to remove cancer cells? They're human cells, after all, so killing them would be unethical.
If you think that's disingenious, consider that an embryo (and a fetus) fit the description of a parasite to a T.
That is GPs point: they DID well, they aren't DOING well.
That is; they excelled at science and math when they were forced to be equal under USSR rule, they aren't nearly as successful now.
The 100 billion number was from memory from something I read a couple years ago; a quick google found http://www.prb.org/Publication... which estimated 108 billion (I did say approximately!) in 2011.
As to everybody dying? Welllll... In the Many Universes interpretation of QT, there are an infinite number of universes, one of which exists solely for your survival.
If that holds true, somehow (in that universe) you'll survive past the heat death of the universe; or you'll find a way to avoid it altogether.
Heh, nah, life's short. Live it like you're going to die. Chances are pretty good that you will. Discounting myths and unprovable legends, I've got a 100% success ratio backing that sentiment. Besides? I'd not want to live forever in exchange for boredom.
Ah, well, yes.... No.
You only have an approximate 92.5% success ratio backing that sentiment. Why? Because there have, throughout human history (and prehistory) lived approximately one hundred billion human beings on Earth; of these, about seven and a half billion still lives. So; so far, on Earth, the fatality rate for human beings is ~92.5%.
Of course they score top in satisfaction; psychological fact: if you're invested (economically or otherwise) in your purchase, you're more likely to be positively inclined towards to it than if you're not. Just being more expensive makes anything get higher ratings.
"It took 40 minutes with the combined muscle of 82,944 processors in K computer to get just 1 second of biological brain processing time. While running, the simulation ate up about 1PB of system memory"
82,944x40x60=~200,000,000, which is about 2^27,5.
In other words, 27,5 Moore's Law iterations to have the simulation real-time.
That's 41 years...
2056. I expect to still be alive then, in my early 80s, barring the wars for oil reaching Norway (it could happen...).
They're EU customers, and the local law requires that USian agencies be denied access - if the SCOTUS has a problem with that, they can bring it to the ICJ in Hague;-).
I wonder, have you ever heard of the Dunning-Kruger Effect?
You strike me as a near-perfect example; having read a good few of your comments, I'm not at all surprised that you'd qualify for Mensa membership - and, unsurprisingly, that you'd try to D-K out of it.
In other words: Suck it up, m8, you're up for Mensa.
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but I heard it has a lot of oil.
Sounds like they need some Freedom(TM)
Are you sure it doesn't need Freedom-â(TM)?
(To me, that sounds like a free ATM, and that's very uncapitalist!)
[...] a lipol batter pack. [...]
Lithium Polymer batter? Now that's a quick energy charge!
Sorry to burst your bubble, but Argentina is in America.
I knew I recognised it! The "Just Read The Instructions" would have been obvious; don't know how I forgot the OCISLY! Jernau (Morat) Gurgeh and Flere Imsaho (if I recall their names correctly, and I think I do) are my favourite pair of reluctant protagonists; so much so that the Player of Games is my favourite scifi novel, I just haven't read it in a couple years.
the Of Course I Still Love You
Who named that ship, Iain M. Banks?!
It's a... brass instrument for communist? I must admit, that's a new euphemism for me!
The question is simple. Can an otherwise viable human be terminated to ensure that the mother is not inconvenienced?
A viable human would be able to survive independently; an embryo can't. Should it be illegal to remove cancer cells? They're human cells, after all, so killing them would be unethical. If you think that's disingenious, consider that an embryo (and a fetus) fit the description of a parasite to a T.
That is GPs point: they DID well, they aren't DOING well. That is; they excelled at science and math when they were forced to be equal under USSR rule, they aren't nearly as successful now.
Pain in the ass ass? Well, I can see where you're coming from; the PETA is mainly a PITA...
The 100 billion number was from memory from something I read a couple years ago; a quick google found http://www.prb.org/Publication... which estimated 108 billion (I did say approximately!) in 2011. As to everybody dying? Welllll... In the Many Universes interpretation of QT, there are an infinite number of universes, one of which exists solely for your survival. If that holds true, somehow (in that universe) you'll survive past the heat death of the universe; or you'll find a way to avoid it altogether.
Humbuggery
Bumhuggery?
Heh, nah, life's short. Live it like you're going to die. Chances are pretty good that you will. Discounting myths and unprovable legends, I've got a 100% success ratio backing that sentiment. Besides? I'd not want to live forever in exchange for boredom.
Ah, well, yes.... No.
You only have an approximate 92.5% success ratio backing that sentiment. Why? Because there have, throughout human history (and prehistory) lived approximately one hundred billion human beings on Earth; of these, about seven and a half billion still lives. So; so far, on Earth, the fatality rate for human beings is ~92.5%.
I thought you were going to start quoting Whitesnake! Then I realized it would've been "I", not "We"... Disappointed! :-/
Of course they score top in satisfaction; psychological fact: if you're invested (economically or otherwise) in your purchase, you're more likely to be positively inclined towards to it than if you're not. Just being more expensive makes anything get higher ratings.
I read that as "FBI Director James Cagney"...
Strange random crashes can also be a flaky/underpowered PSU.
When do we reverse the polarity of the neutron flow?
Changing a car engine is not "trivial", but it is a quite "simple" operation (as opposed to "complicated").
Damn, that's funny! Wish I had mod points....
[citation needed]
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/163051-simulating-1-second-of-human-brain-activity-takes-82944-processors
"It took 40 minutes with the combined muscle of 82,944 processors in K computer to get just 1 second of biological brain processing time. While running, the simulation ate up about 1PB of system memory"
82,944x40x60=~200,000,000, which is about 2^27,5.
In other words, 27,5 Moore's Law iterations to have the simulation real-time.
That's 41 years...
2056. I expect to still be alive then, in my early 80s, barring the wars for oil reaching Norway (it could happen...).
They're EU customers, and the local law requires that USian agencies be denied access - if the SCOTUS has a problem with that, they can bring it to the ICJ in Hague ;-).
I wonder, have you ever heard of the Dunning-Kruger Effect? You strike me as a near-perfect example; having read a good few of your comments, I'm not at all surprised that you'd qualify for Mensa membership - and, unsurprisingly, that you'd try to D-K out of it. In other words: Suck it up, m8, you're up for Mensa.
Nah mate, in most of the developed world, a proficiency of English is enough... Wait.. Ooh, I see what you did there!
Opera.