It was the Bicentenial Man.And the point it made was very beautiful and i believe perfectly valid.The bsic premise was that we are scared because robots are practically immortal and human beings arent.
And i dont think Human like artificial intelligence is round the corner.To create that we would have to understand our own brains thoroughly and we havent even begun to explore them.
While Mr.Olsen's statement has never failed to amuse me one has to be a bit more careful before rubishng it.
Remember this is 1943,truly electronic computers are still on the drawing boards.An vacumn diode weighs atleast a pound and is clumsy and is quite fragile.
The computehas the dimensions of a small industrual machine and consumes electricity worth anything.
Transistors are still in the future.The same argument was made about the telephone when it was first invented,when people commmented on its uselessness and look at its absolute necessity in modern day life.
Maybe its also because they are the ones whose thinking has also not been conditioned(not to the full extent anyway) and hence they dont follow the well beaten path and make the mistakes made already.
I am getting tired of ppl on/. writig abt doing something.
Do something but no stupidities like writing to them.do you think they care more abt your vote than the magabucks from the megacorps.
that only way to fight fire is with fire.Morally very dubious but remember most fights against unjustness were unjust themselves.(Remember 1916 in ireland,the british soldiers who died were not the ones who wanted the irish under english rule but the absent aristrocracy).
Make an example.Select a politicain(not a spelling mistake).Anyone,but someone who is prominent like Hatch himself.Go after him.Fund His opponents.Organise ourselves and raise FUD against hatch.Pester him,find out his secrets(he is sure to have them),make allegations against him(need not be true,politics never cares for the truth,heck call him a paedophile or something.)Make his life hell.Make him fear what the next morning would bring him.
In short go after him no holds barred.Use all means right or wrong,just or unjust, to make him lose.
And then we wont have to whine about corrupt politicians because they will be afraid to trample over our rights knowing what happened to a collegue of theirs.The meek might inhereit the earth but they will never run it.
Stop believing that anybody listens to reason because in this world of ours might is still right.
And if this sounds morally dubious remember this is war and everything is fair in a war.
Even if we were to travel from london to tokyo in 2 hours for most of us it would be of no consequence as we spend a very significant amount of time travelling to the airport,checking in etc.
from my personal experience i can say that travelling to heathrow from centarl london will take abt 1 hour by tube or anything upto 1hr 30 min by road.
i dont think i had pay a premium to travel fast if i were spending such a huge amount of time prior to boarding the plane just to board the plane.
actual tarvelling time is usually a small proportion of our journey time.
Something to do with the way stories are posted.At the moment we only see articles which the editors approve.while this is a great system which eliminates most of the noise if there was a seperate page where all submissions could be seen and commented upon would be great.
The smart chaps forget that many critical military items are supposed to be hardened against radiation attacks whereas the equipment in hospitals,power plants,water and sewage plants,supermarkets,telephone exchanges isnt.....so it harms an innocent civilain much more than an explosive bomb would.
How robust is the last mile connection to our homes?When there is a calamity i.e. when we might depend on the internet most what is the likelihood of its going down?
if there is a hurricane or an earthquake or flooding is it likely to be of any use?what might be done to raise it to the usefulness of say ham radios in emergencies.
I am not sure if this is the right move.Even if viruses take a big toll on our mental peace by wreaking havoc i think that a small price to pay for what might follow.
I dont think that the router should be doing anything else than routing the data.if today it scans the packets for viruses tomorrow it will be looking at subversive or unwanted content.we dont want a censor on the internet.
Remember these words:Those who sacrifice liberty for safety deserve neither.
I have used Napster,gnutella,Morpheus and Kazaa lite.Why?Not to get anything that is legitimate but copyrighted music.Not because i dont want to spend any money but because i cant get here in london what i want.
I dont have a problem if i want to listen britney boobs and company.their music is everywhere.
But good flamenco and jazz is impossible to get.most of it is simply not available anywhere.
so what am i doing ? violating the rights of the artists or am i keeping their legacy alive, some of those artists long dead.
Ummm....if you noticed the company claims its helicoptr is unique because it is capable of independent flying without any need for remote control.So yes the software would be veru important IMO as much as the machine itself.
And maybe instead of spending billions on invading foreign countries USA should pay better Sergeants who have to depend on Food #stamps to make ends meet.
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It was the Bicentenial Man.And the point it made was very beautiful and i believe perfectly valid.The bsic premise was that we are scared because robots are practically immortal and human beings arent.
And i dont think Human like artificial intelligence is round the corner.To create that we would have to understand our own brains thoroughly and we havent even begun to explore them.
I don't understand how peeps in Singapore survive this (well.. i gues they don't...)
Well the approach to changi is over the sea.And that area of singapore is mainly industrial anyway
Its said that in a very old temple in the hindu city of benares there is an old preist moving 64 rings.When they finish the world ends.
Reminds me of the arthur clarke story 'the nine billion names of god'........
We need a module :Talk to inebirated customers to make this machine perfect.
Would you like a Professional BArman to complete the mix.....
While Mr.Olsen's statement has never failed to amuse me one has to be a bit more careful before rubishng it.
Remember this is 1943,truly electronic computers are still on the drawing boards.An vacumn diode weighs atleast a pound and is clumsy and is quite fragile.
The computehas the dimensions of a small industrual machine and consumes electricity worth anything.
Transistors are still in the future.The same argument was made about the telephone when it was first invented,when people commmented on its uselessness and look at its absolute necessity in modern day life.
Maybe its also because they are the ones whose thinking has also not been conditioned(not to the full extent anyway) and hence they dont follow the well beaten path and make the mistakes made already.
Well I use AOL and everything seems fine here in London.
Then it must be real good.
I am getting tired of ppl on /. writig abt doing something.
,but someone who is prominent like Hatch himself.Go after him.Fund His opponents.Organise ourselves and raise FUD against hatch.Pester him,find out his secrets(he is sure to have them),make allegations against him(need not be true,politics never cares for the truth,heck call him a paedophile or something.)Make his life hell.Make him fear what the next morning would bring him.
Do something but no stupidities like writing to them.do you think they care more abt your vote than the magabucks from the megacorps.
that only way to fight fire is with fire.Morally very dubious but remember most fights against unjustness were unjust themselves.(Remember 1916 in ireland,the british soldiers who died were not the ones who wanted the irish under english rule but the absent aristrocracy).
Make an example.Select a politicain(not a spelling mistake).Anyone
In short go after him no holds barred.Use all means right or wrong,just or unjust, to make him lose.
And then we wont have to whine about corrupt politicians because they will be afraid to trample over our rights knowing what happened to a collegue of theirs.The meek might inhereit the earth but they will never run it.
Stop believing that anybody listens to reason because in this world of ours might is still right.
And if this sounds morally dubious remember this is war and everything is fair in a war.
Oh and if your mom asks just say they started it.
Even if we were to travel from london to tokyo in 2 hours for most of us it would be of no consequence as we spend a very significant amount of time travelling to the airport ,checking in etc.
from my personal experience i can say that travelling to heathrow from centarl london will take abt 1 hour by tube or anything upto 1hr 30 min by road.
i dont think i had pay a premium to travel fast if i were spending such a huge amount of time prior to boarding the plane just to board the plane.
actual tarvelling time is usually a small proportion of our journey time.
can america trust americans? perhaps on a gentler note can america trust its politicians to assume the honesty of even british or german politics?
The international postal system is a rich ground for researching networks. What a pity graph theory is not my strong point.
Well its a SOLAR satellite.
Something to do with the way stories are posted.At the moment we only see articles which the editors approve.while this is a great system which eliminates most of the noise if there was a seperate page where all submissions could be seen and commented upon would be great.
The smart chaps forget that many critical military items are supposed to be hardened against radiation attacks whereas the equipment in hospitals,power plants,water and sewage plants,supermarkets,telephone exchanges isnt.....so it harms an innocent civilain much more than an explosive bomb would.
How robust is the last mile connection to our homes?When there is a calamity i.e. when we might depend on the internet most what is the likelihood of its going down? if there is a hurricane or an earthquake or flooding is it likely to be of any use?what might be done to raise it to the usefulness of say ham radios in emergencies.
Actually i agree with you.it's an inherent failing of us human beings that we can always justify to ourselves bending the rules(a little bit).
On a moral basis i probably should make an effort to trace these artists and try to purchase their music.
but how do i pay Duke ellington?
I am not sure if this is the right move.Even if viruses take a big toll on our mental peace by wreaking havoc i think that a small price to pay for what might follow.
I dont think that the router should be doing anything else than routing the data.if today it scans the packets for viruses tomorrow it will be looking at subversive or unwanted content.we dont want a censor on the internet.
Remember these words:Those who sacrifice liberty for safety deserve neither.
I have used Napster,gnutella,Morpheus and Kazaa lite.Why?Not to get anything that is legitimate but copyrighted music.Not because i dont want to spend any money but because i cant get here in london what i want.
I dont have a problem if i want to listen britney boobs and company.their music is everywhere.
But good flamenco and jazz is impossible to get.most of it is simply not available anywhere.
so what am i doing ? violating the rights of the artists or am i keeping their legacy alive, some of those artists long dead.
Can somebody describe how natural sound is perceived by the human ear and what is needed to reproduce it as close as possible to the original sound?
Ummm....if you noticed the company claims its helicoptr is unique because it is capable of independent flying without any need for remote control.So yes the software would be veru important IMO as much as the machine itself.
Maybe just maybe BECAUSE of the strong security in Israel the company didnt have enough security?
I mean what is the point in stealing something from a fortress if you cant get it out.
And maybe instead of spending billions on invading foreign countries USA should pay better Sergeants who have to depend on Food #stamps to make ends meet.
Finally I think my Lady has a little competition.
Maybe.