You don't get it. Katz is just setting the stage for his announcement: The Junis fiasco was a work of technological art, rather than an instance of a Master Troll conning a hack "technology writer" into revealing his complete lack of critical intelligence.
I mean, that's what it's gotta be, right? Otherwise, where is the Q & A with Junis that Katz promised us and the Times?
Hasn't Arnold about had it with these types of movies?
Of course he has, as his box office over the past several years shows. Collateral Damage is the last nail in the coffin of his dubious charisma.
Typical of Katz, he now moves in to kick the corpse. Herd instinct, I suppose.
FSTFUKP.
Katz turns in a stunning review.
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I am stunned at the lack of content in this supposed "review." The amount of effort seems hardly enough to keep Jon on the publisher's freebie list.
He says that there is "increasingly ferocious debate" and a "mainstream brawl" regarding AI issues. Nowhere does he tell us what this debate is. Oh yeah there's a bunch of rhetoric about "changing life as we know it," and "deluded scientists and technocrats" -- are these the boundaries of this oh-so-important debate? How about some actual information about this high-level debate and/or mainstream brawl?
All this review offers is bookjacket hyperbole that goes all over the map without making a single coherent point about the initial premise of a "great debate." Katz really manages to say nothing except to regurgitate a few cliched opinions about AI that he could as well have absorbed from pop culture as from a book by "one of the few journalists with this much understanding..."
Look at the posts in this thread -- do they reflect a "great debate," or even a "mainstream brawl?" Does this debate exist? If so, what is it, exactly? Please Jon, tell us!
Katz's review seems desperate to drum up some sense that this book is "important." Maybe it is, but there's no way to determine that from Katz's blather. If you feel that Katz says anything substantive about this book or about AI, respomd with quotes, please.
Finally I just want to point out that the Katz-hatred around here used to strike me as anti-Semitic. It's not; Katz is annoying to people of all faiths.
Post-finally, it is now three months since Katz stated his intention to set up a Q&A with Junis of Afghanisan. If I were a publisher, I'd tell him no more review copies until the long-awaited interview appears.
They never anticipated that users' behavior would fundamentaly change with more bandwidth, and hence built their systems around technologies with anemic upload speeds.
Upload speeds aren't the issue, it's bandwidth usage. I guarantee you that the "webhogs" they are concerned about are downloading, not uploading or serving, gigs a day.
I think I spoke to you. Did you call tech support after having crapped up your proxy settings with some garbage web accelerator or free ISP? Did you neglect to tell them what you did to your system, expecting them to spend an hour or two looking for what part of your system you'd fucked up?
Yeah, I remember you. So, did you reinstall windows yet?
It's like this: you pay the freight. Because otherwise all those people who aren't taxing the network with gigs of warez are paying for your copyright infringement activities.
You can whine and moan about how $50 isn't affordable -- well, if it's not, stop downloading so much stuff, and get on board with the new low rate for reasonable users.
As it now stands, its you getting a free ride on the payments made by "light users" -- d'you expect me to consider that "more fair?" How wrong you are.
Long before that gaffe, the author stated that ".plan" is "Id parlance for an online log." The article's good, but their fact-checking leaves something to be desired.
Jon is arranging an "Ask Slashdot" with Junis. So how fake can he possibly be? Negotiations were begun in November so that Q&A should be along any time now.
Given today's 250-point drop in the Dow, Katz's effort to revive irrational exuberance thanks to the slight shift of sheckels from brick and mortar to the web is a valiant effort. You ungrateful son of a bitch.
whoa indeed. How is this a troll? "Sex-work" is often called "the oldest profession," and it is highly likely to be the one reliable way to make some "peds" (their name for cash - really) in Entropia. Somebody is way too uptight about my mentioning this fact.
Not half as repetitive as the posts repeatedly pointing this out...the fact is, New Scientist's attention to this paper is the newsworthy item, whereas the previous listing was about the report itself. That's bare justification for a repeat, but these things happen, live with it.
The guy's paper is downloadable here. Whether these things are taken into account should be in there...I'd check myself but Admin won't allow Acrobat on my workstation.
I was turned off to everquest by the paying to use it online
The "Project Entropia" guys say it will be free to play their game, that you won't be forced to buy anything in order to play, and that you will still be able to participate in the economy. (I think we can rely on lots of opportunities to hire yourself out as a homosexual love slave, but beyond that I don't know.)
No, just be civil, for christ's sake -- the guy's not an axe-murderer, not a child-rapist. All he did is exploit a bug that MS has indicated it doesn't care about and will not fix. And his exploit is little more than a "prank." So why must he be greeted by flaming AC assholes?
Slashdot Mirror
Good idea. Don't just slashdot the server, uberslashdot it.
No one is denouncing your stupid full contact sport. In fact most of us are glad there is a place for homoerotica on television.
We're just saying Futurama deserved a good time slot.
Yeah, I'll bet its as good as George Costanza's show was. Or even Emeril's.
Futurama gone? That really sucks.
I mean, that's what it's gotta be, right? Otherwise, where is the Q & A with Junis that Katz promised us and the Times?
Of course he has, as his box office over the past several years shows. Collateral Damage is the last nail in the coffin of his dubious charisma.
Typical of Katz, he now moves in to kick the corpse. Herd instinct, I suppose.
FSTFUKP.
He says that there is "increasingly ferocious debate" and a "mainstream brawl" regarding AI issues. Nowhere does he tell us what this debate is. Oh yeah there's a bunch of rhetoric about "changing life as we know it," and "deluded scientists and technocrats" -- are these the boundaries of this oh-so-important debate? How about some actual information about this high-level debate and/or mainstream brawl?
All this review offers is bookjacket hyperbole that goes all over the map without making a single coherent point about the initial premise of a "great debate." Katz really manages to say nothing except to regurgitate a few cliched opinions about AI that he could as well have absorbed from pop culture as from a book by "one of the few journalists with this much understanding..."
Look at the posts in this thread -- do they reflect a "great debate," or even a "mainstream brawl?" Does this debate exist? If so, what is it, exactly? Please Jon, tell us!
Katz's review seems desperate to drum up some sense that this book is "important." Maybe it is, but there's no way to determine that from Katz's blather. If you feel that Katz says anything substantive about this book or about AI, respomd with quotes, please.
Finally I just want to point out that the Katz-hatred around here used to strike me as anti-Semitic. It's not; Katz is annoying to people of all faiths.
Post-finally, it is now three months since Katz stated his intention to set up a Q&A with Junis of Afghanisan. If I were a publisher, I'd tell him no more review copies until the long-awaited interview appears.
What has that to do with anything???
The guy's point was, a robot that is mistakeable for human is not human any more than a PC running a Mac emulator is a Mac.
Go sell your "my platform can beat your platform" crap elsewhere.
Upload speeds aren't the issue, it's bandwidth usage. I guarantee you that the "webhogs" they are concerned about are downloading, not uploading or serving, gigs a day.
Yeah, I remember you. So, did you reinstall windows yet?
You can whine and moan about how $50 isn't affordable -- well, if it's not, stop downloading so much stuff, and get on board with the new low rate for reasonable users.
As it now stands, its you getting a free ride on the payments made by "light users" -- d'you expect me to consider that "more fair?" How wrong you are.
I'll bet if you mentioned that to Katz, he might put a rush on that Junis "ask Slashdot" that he promised us.
Jon is arranging an "Ask Slashdot" with Junis. So how fake can he possibly be? Negotiations were begun in November so that Q&A should be along any time now.
Given today's 250-point drop in the Dow, Katz's effort to revive irrational exuberance thanks to the slight shift of sheckels from brick and mortar to the web is a valiant effort. You ungrateful son of a bitch.
SSSSH! You don't wanty the Entropia developers to hear about this!
With Entropia's plans to make online currency cashable, the first bug like this one could have very entertaining results.
The "Project Entropia" guys say it will be free to play their game, that you won't be forced to buy anything in order to play, and that you will still be able to participate in the economy. (I think we can rely on lots of opportunities to hire yourself out as a homosexual love slave, but beyond that I don't know.)