There are some ethical concerns once proliferation increases, including accountability and plausible deniability on the part of bad actors (possibly including ourselves). Still, this issue is much more closely related to small arms than WMDs like nukes. One nuke can kill millions and potentially injure millions more. It's difficult to imagine a scenario -- especially one unique to drones -- where the same could be true of one drone carrying conventional weapons. For the most part, I expect that drones will continue to be used mainly in scenarios where a cruise missile or other air strike might have been used in the past. As a species, we've been killing remotely since the first bow was used in combat. So a few thousand years now. Drones are just the latest way to keep far enough away from the enemy that he can't quickly and easily hit back, which is sort of the point of using a weapon.
It's not being abused because a) the bandwidth is so low and the latency is so high that it doesn't work unless you get lucky, and b) most people don't know what you're talking about. Mostly b.
Sure, the same way your teacher was talking to "everyone" in the class when she said that bullying was not acceptable. Just because she didn't single out the bully doesn't mean she was addressing the rest of the students, per se.
Though to be clear, I think this was more case of "CYA" by the NHTSA than "hey, let's fix our obsolete rating scale."
Instead of using a relative rating scale to encourage new technologies that make vehicles safer, we will establish an arbitrary threshold for perfect safety and enforce it vigorously so that nobody looks bad. -- Automakers via NHTSA, apparently.
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I don't draw lines in anticipation of hypothetical situations that will probably never happen; I just make the best decisions I can as choices present themselves based on either the facts as I know them (choosing what job to take), or my gut (choosing what to eat, no pun intended).
Based on the limited facts as you've presented them, no, I wouldn't encourage you to do it, but I'm sure there's more to such an enticing offer, and the facts might sway me to change my mind. Who was the person they wanted you to beat up? Where do you live? Where does the client live? What are the laws? What are the circumstances? Is the client a quadriplegic who was literally kicked around for years until he came into billions of dollars?
Bitcoins are more like stocks than pyramid schemes. People could acquire them very cheaply early on, and it happens that they're worth more now, but that's not because they were promised to be worth anything in the future. They're valuable because people want them, which is what makes anything valuable, not because people are tricked into buying them based on some fraudulent guarantee of a rate of return in dollars, or because people earn residuals on subsequent transfers of bitcoins. If all other currencies disappeared, bitcoins could still have value.
To be clear, I'm playing devil's advocate here. I wouldn't buy bitcoins myself (at least not right now), but I think it's overly simplistic to say that they're immoral or a scam.
Small pickups are light trucks, but light trucks are not limited to small pickups. In other words, if the tariff was "a large factor," one would expect to see correlation in vans, minivans, SUVs, and other pickup truck sales.
In my observations, pickup owners who actually tow or use their truck for anything other than daily driving seem to be a corner case. Though to be fair, people who actually use them more often than "moving, or helping friends move" tend to use them a lot. Those people should probably stick to diesel. The other 99% should be fine with electric.
What if they took the money and donated it all to a charity?
This isn't murder for hire, and it's disingenuous to pretend there's a black and white moral issue involved here (or even in murder for hire... what if someone had taken out a contract on Hitler?)
Also I think you were crazy for deleting your bitcoin(s). By your definition, any entrepreneurial endeavor is a pyramid scheme simply because the people who get in first stand to benefit the most.
It's really at the discretion of the officer and the judge involved (which is good and bad). My friend got a DUI for sleeping in the back (bench) of his pickup truck, because the engine was running. What would the rule be for a car with a "keyless" ignition? Safest bet is to stay the fsck away from a car without a designated, 0.0 BAC driver.
Doesn't matter. I own my car, my house, and my gun, and there are plenty of restrictions on what I can do with any of those things, because they affect other people. There are even more restrictions on what I can do with the one thing I own unquestionably: my body. Ownership is not the question here.
Won't happen. Integrated devices like "smart" TVs and dedicated media streaming hardware have already obsoleted HTPCs, and as much as I like to play some PC games on a big screen, the market is clearly satisfied with the walled gardens known as game consoles, most of which can serve as media streaming clients as well.
Thanks for your reply. It's ironic that other countries took our idea and ran with it, although I can think of plenty of ideas we took from other countries and further developed. Mainly commerce practices and war technologies though.;)
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There are some ethical concerns once proliferation increases, including accountability and plausible deniability on the part of bad actors (possibly including ourselves). Still, this issue is much more closely related to small arms than WMDs like nukes. One nuke can kill millions and potentially injure millions more. It's difficult to imagine a scenario -- especially one unique to drones -- where the same could be true of one drone carrying conventional weapons. For the most part, I expect that drones will continue to be used mainly in scenarios where a cruise missile or other air strike might have been used in the past. As a species, we've been killing remotely since the first bow was used in combat. So a few thousand years now. Drones are just the latest way to keep far enough away from the enemy that he can't quickly and easily hit back, which is sort of the point of using a weapon.
It's not being abused because a) the bandwidth is so low and the latency is so high that it doesn't work unless you get lucky, and b) most people don't know what you're talking about. Mostly b.
Go ahead. There's a reason the air circulates from ceiling to floor.
Which raises the following important questions: Can cows light their burps on fire, and if so, are dragons basically flying cows?
...is that Norway has an army!
You first.
He is fighting against a lobby that spans centuries
Please round to the nearest whole century = 1.
Sure, the same way your teacher was talking to "everyone" in the class when she said that bullying was not acceptable. Just because she didn't single out the bully doesn't mean she was addressing the rest of the students, per se.
Though to be clear, I think this was more case of "CYA" by the NHTSA than "hey, let's fix our obsolete rating scale."
Instead of using a relative rating scale to encourage new technologies that make vehicles safer, we will establish an arbitrary threshold for perfect safety and enforce it vigorously so that nobody looks bad. -- Automakers via NHTSA, apparently.
Wii is a fantastic platform to develop for. If you're Nintendo.
In other words, perfectly valid. Wait, which one has the 8-track?
Leave binarylarry all one!
I don't draw lines in anticipation of hypothetical situations that will probably never happen; I just make the best decisions I can as choices present themselves based on either the facts as I know them (choosing what job to take), or my gut (choosing what to eat, no pun intended).
Based on the limited facts as you've presented them, no, I wouldn't encourage you to do it, but I'm sure there's more to such an enticing offer, and the facts might sway me to change my mind. Who was the person they wanted you to beat up? Where do you live? Where does the client live? What are the laws? What are the circumstances? Is the client a quadriplegic who was literally kicked around for years until he came into billions of dollars?
Bitcoins are more like stocks than pyramid schemes. People could acquire them very cheaply early on, and it happens that they're worth more now, but that's not because they were promised to be worth anything in the future. They're valuable because people want them, which is what makes anything valuable, not because people are tricked into buying them based on some fraudulent guarantee of a rate of return in dollars, or because people earn residuals on subsequent transfers of bitcoins. If all other currencies disappeared, bitcoins could still have value.
To be clear, I'm playing devil's advocate here. I wouldn't buy bitcoins myself (at least not right now), but I think it's overly simplistic to say that they're immoral or a scam.
Small pickups are light trucks, but light trucks are not limited to small pickups. In other words, if the tariff was "a large factor," one would expect to see correlation in vans, minivans, SUVs, and other pickup truck sales.
In my observations, pickup owners who actually tow or use their truck for anything other than daily driving seem to be a corner case. Though to be fair, people who actually use them more often than "moving, or helping friends move" tend to use them a lot. Those people should probably stick to diesel. The other 99% should be fine with electric.
What if they took the money and donated it all to a charity?
This isn't murder for hire, and it's disingenuous to pretend there's a black and white moral issue involved here (or even in murder for hire... what if someone had taken out a contract on Hitler?)
Also I think you were crazy for deleting your bitcoin(s). By your definition, any entrepreneurial endeavor is a pyramid scheme simply because the people who get in first stand to benefit the most.
I'll give you $3B for your car.
It's really at the discretion of the officer and the judge involved (which is good and bad). My friend got a DUI for sleeping in the back (bench) of his pickup truck, because the engine was running. What would the rule be for a car with a "keyless" ignition? Safest bet is to stay the fsck away from a car without a designated, 0.0 BAC driver.
Doesn't matter. I own my car, my house, and my gun, and there are plenty of restrictions on what I can do with any of those things, because they affect other people. There are even more restrictions on what I can do with the one thing I own unquestionably: my body. Ownership is not the question here.
You mean the way Europeans had as much right to North America as the tribes that were already here? I'm not following.
Won't happen. Integrated devices like "smart" TVs and dedicated media streaming hardware have already obsoleted HTPCs, and as much as I like to play some PC games on a big screen, the market is clearly satisfied with the walled gardens known as game consoles, most of which can serve as media streaming clients as well.
Thanks for your reply. It's ironic that other countries took our idea and ran with it, although I can think of plenty of ideas we took from other countries and further developed. Mainly commerce practices and war technologies though. ;)
When was this?
Pretty sure he means the other Volvos.
But I bet you knew that.
Ah, but don't you remember when the invention of the zipper led to all kinds of moral turpitude?