Sprout a brain. The US "warns" the world about China, Russia, Iran, and pretty much EVERY nation who dares to try to achieve anything unless they're a member of the "Five Eyes." The US is so fucking paranoid it is disgusting, and every single excuse that there is to post a "warning" about the achievements of other nations, Slashdot's "editors" do so.
I don't worry about China's space efforts. I worry about those of the U.S. Which nation has invaded countries and been at war for the vast majority of it's history?
Such a search only "works" in the minds of a few people because they have a navel-gazing mindset that presumes all data is managed by a select group of companies they know about, and which are hosted by one country (usually the US in these narrow-minded viewpoints.)
In reality there are hundreds of thousands of service providers around the world, and you'd have to scan them all. Even Google mail is a drop in the bucket compared to the oceans of emails floating around the world.
The number of pedantists who have nothing better to do than nit-pick about terminology without actually contributing anything useful to Slashdot just blows my mind.
The question is not whether we'll ever be able to "upload" a map of a neocortex, but rather whether we'll be able to transfer the will and sense of self that makes us who we are.
Perhaps at the time technology is able to upload a map, we'll discover that we really are nothing but meat machines. But I believe there is an extra "something" in the specific timings of how your particular neurons fire and interact with each other that makes you you. Not really a soul, per se, but a "something" bound in the chemistry and biology that we haven't even begun to measure or analyse. An essential "spark", shall we say.
I've seen several cases of sexual harassment filed in various companies I worked for over the years, and not once was the guilty party fired. They were required to attend "sensitivity" courses. They lost their bonuses for the year. They were passed over for promotions. Sometimes they were reassigned to lesser roles in the business.
But they were not fired.
Why should academics be held to higher standards than those in industry?
We need to stop pretending that our addiction to smell phones and PCs is healthy, and that the rudimentary skills taught in a high school are going to produce "the next big app" or even a job.
As the former manager for a team of 75 consultants, I saw the exact opposite. The companies my staff were placed at were so hell-bent on improving their stats that every woman they employed was promoted to project manager, team leader, or management within 2-3 years of starting with the company, far faster than any males were.
A minority woman? Shit, she was a director in five years.
Let anyone with the aptitude and the desire to code do so. Enough of this forced "equality" for something that will never appeal to everybody.
What's next? Forcing equality on nursing? Medicine? Firefighters? Garbage collectors?
Face it: "equality" is a mealy-mouthed politically correct term. The term people should be using is equivalency -- as in people with different skills are getting paid equivalent salaries in different professions.
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Sprout a brain. The US "warns" the world about China, Russia, Iran, and pretty much EVERY nation who dares to try to achieve anything unless they're a member of the "Five Eyes." The US is so fucking paranoid it is disgusting, and every single excuse that there is to post a "warning" about the achievements of other nations, Slashdot's "editors" do so.
I don't worry about China's space efforts. I worry about those of the U.S. Which nation has invaded countries and been at war for the vast majority of it's history?
Such a search only "works" in the minds of a few people because they have a navel-gazing mindset that presumes all data is managed by a select group of companies they know about, and which are hosted by one country (usually the US in these narrow-minded viewpoints.)
In reality there are hundreds of thousands of service providers around the world, and you'd have to scan them all. Even Google mail is a drop in the bucket compared to the oceans of emails floating around the world.
No, this is in the US. It is fueled by one thing and one thing only: GREED.
As with all synthetic cannabis, side-effects may include death... :(
Oh? What terminology did I get pedantic about? :P
But, hey, there is always some smart ass too cowardly to sign in to an account but willing to put in their $0.00 cents worth... :P
The number of pedantists who have nothing better to do than nit-pick about terminology without actually contributing anything useful to Slashdot just blows my mind.
The question is not whether we'll ever be able to "upload" a map of a neocortex, but rather whether we'll be able to transfer the will and sense of self that makes us who we are.
Perhaps at the time technology is able to upload a map, we'll discover that we really are nothing but meat machines. But I believe there is an extra "something" in the specific timings of how your particular neurons fire and interact with each other that makes you you. Not really a soul, per se, but a "something" bound in the chemistry and biology that we haven't even begun to measure or analyse. An essential "spark", shall we say.
Fat lips, fat ass, fat jugs, and a fat head at her side. :P
If it's some script-kiddie, you have the little bastard locked up.
If it's a "professional" foreign intelligence agency, you sigh a heavy sigh and realize there is bugger all you can do about it.
You don't need to go off-grid to turn off your internet and TV.
By all means, take your anonymous ass offline.
If nothing else, spelling and grammar checking will be done.
Flawless AI in 5 years to drive those "intelligent" agents?
Yeah, right.
They've been predicting "hard" AI within 20 years for about 35 years now...
I've seen several cases of sexual harassment filed in various companies I worked for over the years, and not once was the guilty party fired. They were required to attend "sensitivity" courses. They lost their bonuses for the year. They were passed over for promotions. Sometimes they were reassigned to lesser roles in the business.
But they were not fired.
Why should academics be held to higher standards than those in industry?
You write your own software in binary?
I haven't seen that since the age of panel switches and lights for bootstrapping old, old, old computers...
Anything submitted to the courts becomes a matter of public record.
Seeing as I've seen Tom reject every single suggestion anyone has had, I guess the answer to his question is "No."
So you're suggesting people choose a device based on whether they can use Facebook on it?
I feel oh so very sorry for anyone who lives such a shallow content-consumption life. :(
Just "No."
We need to stop pretending that our addiction to smell phones and PCs is healthy, and that the rudimentary skills taught in a high school are going to produce "the next big app" or even a job.
I read that as being a choice between two video options, not as an active split between the two at the same time.
Very well said. Wish I had mod points. :)
And back then, $400 was worth about $1200 today.
As the former manager for a team of 75 consultants, I saw the exact opposite. The companies my staff were placed at were so hell-bent on improving their stats that every woman they employed was promoted to project manager, team leader, or management within 2-3 years of starting with the company, far faster than any males were.
A minority woman? Shit, she was a director in five years.
Let anyone with the aptitude and the desire to code do so. Enough of this forced "equality" for something that will never appeal to everybody.
What's next? Forcing equality on nursing? Medicine? Firefighters? Garbage collectors?
Face it: "equality" is a mealy-mouthed politically correct term. The term people should be using is equivalency -- as in people with different skills are getting paid equivalent salaries in different professions.