Except that that rule 0 is a tautology - if you can do something, it's within your design, and further that that isn't the point. I Robot isn't about Robots, it's about the inadequacy of the rules.
speaking of popular scifi, this is why I like SG1 - the plots are at least somewhat original. For instance, i watched this last night: SG1 (a secret gov't program) gets a crank call from an over the top conspiracy nut who actually gets some details right. On further investigation, he's a freaky conspiracy nut with info he really shouldn't have and by the end of the show, he's an alien soldier deserter who had an attack of conscience and was being drugged to keep him quiet.
One of the things they did right on the show was build out the characters' backstories and make one or two 'ordinary guy' characters in the core cast - if you can see yourself talking hockey with the main character, it tends to draw you in more - much better than star trek, where apparently everybody listens to classical music, reads shakespeare, and nobody's heard of meatloaf.
- I Robot - a collection of short stories where a household appliance (robot) goes haywire, and the engineer's attempt to find why the problem happened.
No, I Robot is a musing on the utter inadequacy of a simple set of rules to reflect any sort of morality - there's always some conflict between what the rules allow and what's right.
who ever said that anyone can afford a Cayman out of high school? I'm talking about the implications once I have one of those things. And yes, there is absolutely female companionship in the basement - it's quiet and private, so you and your date won't be disturbed.
Juries aren't part of a civil trial, and that's what they'd use - the entire WBC is composed of lawyers, and the protests appear designed to spark lawsuits.
actually, yes - those guys basically make a business out of being maximally offensive. I'll go one further: I'm surprised nobody's shot one of them. I guess it's just a testament to people's ability to ignore jackasses.
Putting up a noose, or a nazi swastika....is just speech through a symbol.
You're a fool if you think putting up a noose isn't a threat. It's the 1920's Southern Man's pirate flag. It means "You will be hung".
I AM hung, TYVM. Perhaps you mean hanged? And it's only a specific threat if you put up a noose in someone's yard. Put it up in your own tree and who are you threatening, exactly?
My phone has 1G ram, so if it had GPS, there would be no reason not to have maps for the whole country. That said, what pisses me off about eGPS is that a lot of phones have real GPS, but the phone companies demand that the feature be neutered so they can sell another $5/mo service.
Eww. Offer them a Cayman S and let them find their own female companionship - the whole lone geek thing is only true in high school, and often not even then.
Sorry, dude, the media morons won this one: hackers are evil critters that pwn machines for the lulz, while crackers are poor white people. The only really way that popular culture describes smart computer people is "scary person we don't understand". For instance, Terry Childs.
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yeah, that sucks, but guess what? $ and \ bug me more. Python has straightforward OO stuff + okay syntax (modulo the whitespace thing). It also has a big enough lib collection that I'm happy. Python does re stuff fine, but most of what I use it for is scripting in a more general sense, so python it is.
how do you demonstrate that person X resides in district Y? Utility bills are pretty ok, and you probably can't do much better without requiring people to register where they live.
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You might think that the obvious utility of perl, the fact that perl and perl derived languages remain tremendously popular with people writing actual code, might blunt the man's opinion that it's an "abomination".
Excuse me, but why can't it be both? It's nasty, but it works for a lot of things. That said, python does what perl does with easier syntax, so I'll be using that.
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women have *never* felt comfortable working topless.
Why would you? All I can think of is nudie bars, and no, the bartender doesn't write code.
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I really don't think she cares either.
those are the 1%ers. Isn't the typical harley buyer a dentist or accountant?
And nobody cares. Seriously, what difference does it make?
Except that that rule 0 is a tautology - if you can do something, it's within your design, and further that that isn't the point. I Robot isn't about Robots, it's about the inadequacy of the rules.
speaking of popular scifi, this is why I like SG1 - the plots are at least somewhat original. For instance, i watched this last night: SG1 (a secret gov't program) gets a crank call from an over the top conspiracy nut who actually gets some details right. On further investigation, he's a freaky conspiracy nut with info he really shouldn't have and by the end of the show, he's an alien soldier deserter who had an attack of conscience and was being drugged to keep him quiet.
One of the things they did right on the show was build out the characters' backstories and make one or two 'ordinary guy' characters in the core cast - if you can see yourself talking hockey with the main character, it tends to draw you in more - much better than star trek, where apparently everybody listens to classical music, reads shakespeare, and nobody's heard of meatloaf.
- I Robot - a collection of short stories where a household appliance (robot) goes haywire, and the engineer's attempt to find why the problem happened.
No, I Robot is a musing on the utter inadequacy of a simple set of rules to reflect any sort of morality - there's always some conflict between what the rules allow and what's right.
who ever said that anyone can afford a Cayman out of high school? I'm talking about the implications once I have one of those things. And yes, there is absolutely female companionship in the basement - it's quiet and private, so you and your date won't be disturbed.
I suggest a rainbow sign with the slogan "Ding dong the witch is dead"
Juries aren't part of a civil trial, and that's what they'd use - the entire WBC is composed of lawyers, and the protests appear designed to spark lawsuits.
actually, yes - those guys basically make a business out of being maximally offensive. I'll go one further: I'm surprised nobody's shot one of them. I guess it's just a testament to people's ability to ignore jackasses.
Putting up a noose, or a nazi swastika....is just speech through a symbol.
You're a fool if you think putting up a noose isn't a threat. It's the 1920's Southern Man's pirate flag. It means "You will be hung".
I AM hung, TYVM. Perhaps you mean hanged? And it's only a specific threat if you put up a noose in someone's yard. Put it up in your own tree and who are you threatening, exactly?
hey, if I can afford a Cayman, I already have my own place and lowering my standards means I date someone that cares more about my car than I do.
My phone has 1G ram, so if it had GPS, there would be no reason not to have maps for the whole country. That said, what pisses me off about eGPS is that a lot of phones have real GPS, but the phone companies demand that the feature be neutered so they can sell another $5/mo service.
Think they'll let you out of your contract when this happens? Fat chance.
Sure they will. You just have to bitch enough
Nah, if it were just that, they'd have said yes or no by now. It seems they really do like abusing american corps.
Oh come on - someone made up a hacker 10 years ago and I'm supposed to recognize it; I don't even read New Republic.
Eww. Offer them a Cayman S and let them find their own female companionship - the whole lone geek thing is only true in high school, and often not even then.
We're talking about hiring practices for technical positions, not city administrators.
it's a fact that the word 'hacker' refers to a specific thing you don't like in popular culture. You can like it or not - the world doesn't care.
Sorry, dude, the media morons won this one: hackers are evil critters that pwn machines for the lulz, while crackers are poor white people. The only really way that popular culture describes smart computer people is "scary person we don't understand". For instance, Terry Childs.
yeah, that sucks, but guess what? $ and \ bug me more. Python has straightforward OO stuff + okay syntax (modulo the whitespace thing). It also has a big enough lib collection that I'm happy. Python does re stuff fine, but most of what I use it for is scripting in a more general sense, so python it is.
want the British crime rate to match the American one.
Stay out of the ghetto and ours is much better.
how do you demonstrate that person X resides in district Y? Utility bills are pretty ok, and you probably can't do much better without requiring people to register where they live.
You might think that the obvious utility of perl, the fact that perl and perl derived languages remain tremendously popular with people writing actual code, might blunt the man's opinion that it's an "abomination".
Excuse me, but why can't it be both? It's nasty, but it works for a lot of things. That said, python does what perl does with easier syntax, so I'll be using that.
women have *never* felt comfortable working topless.
Why would you? All I can think of is nudie bars, and no, the bartender doesn't write code.