I wish I could erase every bit of knowledge about Star Wars from my mind at will, just so I could be shocked by the end of Empire each time I watched it, just like the first time I saw it...
I was just about to mention it. It will be interesting whether the first true AI will be created according to a plan, like HAL, or evolve on it's own, like the Puppet Master.
Have there been any studies on emergent behaviour on the Internet itself? That would be very important, I think.
(The exact quote is "I am a living, thinking entity that was created in the sea of information.")
Cheers. -- SG "Hey, even *I* can't resurrect the dead!"
This guy's comments aren't worth getting worked up over. We *know* he's wrong, and that's it. Case closed.
I actually laughed at the poor guy. Either he know SCO is going down the tubes, in which case he's desperately grasping at the slightest chance of life, or he actually *believes* that crap he's spouting and deserves to have his dinosaur of a company struck by the asteroid known to all as Open Source.
"If you're tired of everyting come hitch a ride with me, You'll cry out with joy when you realize you're free, It's a trip like no other for your heart and mind, Leaving all but the future far behind." (Might as well have been singing about Open Source.)
The media are not stupid. They know exactly what they're doing. It's the general public's knee-jerk, ignorant nature to try to Pin The Blame On The Culprit.
It happens with every disaster, every death, every problem. The public tries to find something to blame so that they don't have to actually fix social problems. Currently, we're seeing a lot of this because of Colorado.
Combine that with the fact that most people are utter morons when it comes to computers, and the fact that most of the older generations and much of the middle generation fear the new methods of communication that the younger generation has adapted to, and you get this exact reaction that we're seeing.
The media seems to not understand that there are *intense* social divisions within public high schools in North America. They are used to seeing only one group, not the dozens, (if not hundreds) of social groups that make up the young N.A. population. Since the media like simple things, things that fit into 5 second sound bites, they perpetuate the fiction that it's all "that danged innernet thingy's fault."
Just a few of my deranged thoughts, folks.
Cheers. -- SG "Luck is just one of my many skills!"
Even so, since when has France *ever* made any major contribution to the world? Oh, right, they helped kick off World War One. And EuroDisney. And let's not forget the Maginot Line. "Hey! *This'll* keep the German Army out!"
Half a billion people will withdraw their entire life savings, and the Banks will collapse. Jerry Falwell will declare that not only are the Teletubbies gay, but so is the cast of "Frasier", the US Congress, and NASA Administrator Dan Goldin. Exactly five nuclear missiles will launch and land in the south china sea, and Paramount will declare "Star Trek: Voyager" to be the offical TV show of the second coming. Bill Clinton will privately inform slashdot.org of a nefarious plot to destroy the world through a revolt by cellular phones. Pierce Brosnan will become a cross-dresser, and Wallmart stores will become havens for the survivalists.
Of course, reality is stranger than fiction.
Cheers. -- SG
Whoah! This is WAY different from MK.
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The key word is "plot".
No Mortal Kombat game or movie has ever had a plot. The second movie nearly put me to sleep.
Final Fantasy DEFINES the word "plot". With it's epic storylines, it's tales of good vs. evil, this is one game series that I have never been disappointed with, no matter which platform. Most books don't have the deep level of character interaction that these games do, with the possible exception of Tolkien's writing or possible Asimov's Foundation series.
Stunning musical scores and graphics that border on ART--- Square has always done a brilliant job with the games, and I have no doubt that the movie will surpass all game-->movie conversions that have ever been made.
I once stood in line for an hour and twenty minutes, making "ahem" sounds while this old guy was reading a copy of Macleans at the counter. I had a pile of 60 cards to mail for my grandfather (it was just before last christmas) and was ignored. I say privatize the post office, then we'll see if people think it's worth saving.
Oh, and death to Shiella Copps, BTW, you competition-fearing crap-culture fanatic.
Y'know, University and College aren't the only places where you can get a highly valuable (both knowledge-wise and employability-wise) I personnaly have just graduated from high school and am enroling in a Flight School to become a commercial pilot. University is not the only way to get a good job.
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I sense a fellow Discordian...
I wish I could erase every bit of knowledge about Star Wars from my mind at will, just so I could be shocked by the end of Empire each time I watched it, just like the first time I saw it...
I was just about to mention it. It will be interesting whether the first true AI will be created according to a plan, like HAL, or evolve on it's own, like the Puppet Master.
Have there been any studies on emergent behaviour on the Internet itself? That would be very important, I think.
(The exact quote is "I am a living, thinking entity that was created in the sea of information.")
Cheers.
-- SG
"Hey, even *I* can't resurrect the dead!"
This guy's comments aren't worth getting worked up over. We *know* he's wrong, and that's it. Case closed.
I actually laughed at the poor guy. Either he know SCO is going down the tubes, in which case he's desperately grasping at the slightest chance of life, or he actually *believes* that crap he's spouting and deserves to have his dinosaur of a company struck by the asteroid known to all as Open Source.
"If you're tired of everyting come hitch a ride with me,
You'll cry out with joy when you realize you're free,
It's a trip like no other for your heart and mind,
Leaving all but the future far behind."
(Might as well have been singing about Open Source.)
The media are not stupid. They know exactly what they're doing. It's the general public's
knee-jerk, ignorant nature to try to Pin The Blame On The Culprit.
It happens with every disaster, every death, every problem. The public tries to find something to blame so that they don't have to actually fix social problems. Currently, we're seeing a lot of
this because of Colorado.
Combine that with the fact that most people are utter morons when it comes to computers, and the fact that most of the older generations and much of the middle generation fear the new methods of communication that the younger
generation has adapted to, and you get this exact reaction that we're seeing.
The media seems to not understand that there are *intense* social divisions within public high schools in North America. They are used to seeing only one group, not the dozens, (if not hundreds) of social groups that make up the young N.A. population. Since the media like simple things, things that fit into 5 second sound bites, they perpetuate the fiction that it's all "that danged innernet thingy's fault."
Just a few of my deranged thoughts, folks.
Cheers.
-- SG
"Luck is just one of my many skills!"
I know, I know, I'm an incorrigible geek. >:)
Cheers.
-- SG
Even so, since when has France *ever* made any major contribution to the world? Oh, right, they helped kick off World War One. And EuroDisney.
And let's not forget the Maginot Line.
"Hey! *This'll* keep the German Army out!"
Cheers.
-- SG
I can't read french. Can someone tell us poor unilingual slobs the general gist of it?
Cheers.
-- SG
Half a billion people will withdraw their entire
life savings, and the Banks will collapse.
Jerry Falwell will declare that not only are the Teletubbies gay, but so is the cast of "Frasier",
the US Congress, and NASA Administrator Dan Goldin. Exactly five nuclear missiles will launch and land in the south china sea, and Paramount will declare "Star Trek: Voyager" to be the offical TV show of the second coming. Bill Clinton will privately inform slashdot.org of a nefarious plot to destroy the world through a revolt by cellular phones. Pierce Brosnan will become a cross-dresser, and Wallmart stores will become
havens for the survivalists.
Of course, reality is stranger than fiction.
Cheers.
-- SG
The key word is "plot".
No Mortal Kombat game or movie has ever had a plot. The second movie nearly put me to sleep.
Final Fantasy DEFINES the word "plot". With it's epic storylines, it's tales of good vs. evil, this is one game series that I have never been disappointed with, no matter which platform. Most books don't have the deep level of character interaction that these games do, with the possible exception of Tolkien's writing or possible Asimov's Foundation series.
Stunning musical scores and graphics that border on ART--- Square has always done a brilliant job with the games, and I have no doubt that the movie will surpass all game-->movie conversions that have ever been made.
Cheers.
-- SG
I once stood in line for an hour and twenty minutes, making "ahem" sounds while this old guy was reading a copy of Macleans at the counter. I had a pile of 60 cards to mail for my grandfather (it was just before last christmas) and was ignored. I say privatize the post office, then we'll see if people think it's worth saving.
Oh, and death to Shiella Copps, BTW, you competition-fearing crap-culture fanatic.
-- SG
Y'know, University and College aren't the only places where you can get a highly valuable (both knowledge-wise and employability-wise) I personnaly have just graduated from high school and am enroling in a Flight School to become a commercial pilot. University is not the only way to get a good job.
"That 90's Show". My worst nightmare. 'Nuff said.