Yes. Lame economical move. Wonderful ideological one. Google is not banking on money but on reputation. They believe that the protocols used on internet should be opened and not patent-encumbered. They think that this is a danger that would cost them more than $8,000. They see further than most. Kudos to them.
No. What made flash prevalent was that:
1) Microsoft was never able to give a decent video player under windows
2) Flash made a better job at packaging/installing a video player than any video player developper
Actually, if vlc had been the default video player under windows, I am sure that youtube would give links to avi/wmv/ogm files instead of going through a flash player.
If the idea is right, the summary is wrong. The title talks about quantum teleportation, then the summary explains "regular" teleportation. Quantum teleportation would imply that a DNA molecule's waveform can cross a potential barrier with a certain probability (and it would assume that this phenomenon has biological relevance). I see nothing of the sort there.
Exactly. On internet people download and upload. They "consume" media but produce it as well. A codec that is free only for reading has no place on internet.
Because the navigator in Windows is a mess, because many KDE tools could be worth having under windows. Some of us here are stuck with MS VC++ because of work obligation (and/or don't mind a Windows game from time to time) but absolutely hate the environment.
I know that. Every one in the IT field know that. It is obvious to anyone with a bit of technical skills. I am just pointing out how low the debate is right now here.
What I read on ze Internet is that Sweden has no real reason to obey any US command. They have a history of independence or even defiance toward US and their law forbids extradition of someone who could face capital punishment. Looks like the trap would have been for Assange to escape capture. Now he will probably be judged, get a fine or a few months of prison and be released. Or he could even walk free out of the tribunal. Sweden justice is apparently known for being very independent from political powers.
World Wars were about millions of people dying. I doubt this will be the case. Would you kill someone over this ? Would you be ready to die over this ? This however, may be the first occurence of info-war or net-war. A war of ideas where two visions of internet fight each other. But I doubt it will make as many casualties as a world war or even an economical war.
I think what we will see is the first schism of internet.
Actually, depending on the metrics used, alcohol may be considered like the most harmful drug on the streets or just below heroin and cocain. Cannabis is lower than tobacco and LSD even lower than that.
A colleague who used to work for defense contractors once told me this interesting trick : If you have a boring document that you need every employee to read, instead of just handling it to them, make it secret and give them clearance. That will make them more curious and everybody will read it. Maybe here is a similar strategy : "leak" a document stating how to prevent leaks, and more people will read it than if you just publish it on a governmental website.
What about the same reason that keeps the inners of the Earth warm : nuclear fission ? After all, the kaguya probe has found decent amounts of it on the moon's surface (one of the most underrated science news of the recent times, imho) so it is not far fetched to imagine it containing a decent proportion near its core. Especially if it is liquid.
Basic human rights include :
freedom of religion
freedom of circulation
freedom of speech
the right to a fair trial before punishment
the right to refuse medication
A child can be (legally) denied any of these by its parents. Children rights are a very strange area of human rights. They basically encompass the right to live, to not be tortured (by some definitions) and to receive education. But they are nothing close to anything you would call basic human right in any country.
Using that baseline for sapience, I fully expect some non-human intelligences to pass the test, dolphins and chimps especially. No software we have today could do it, but maybe in a few decades that will change.
If you design a test that can be passed by any "legally responsible" human adult, I am confident I can design a software that can pass it too. Seriously. However I doubt you can do such a test.
Most people don't want a computer. They want a game console that can check emails and facebook. I want a computer. I guess it is time computers become a niche market again.
If the only measure of value is sapience, and it can be demonstrated that a non-human of any stripe shares that characteristic with us, than damn straight we ought to treat them the way we treat humans.
1. we really need a test for that.
2. we need to be prepared for the implication of some humans failing at these tests.
3. we need to be prepared for the implication of some software programs succeeding at these tests.
Actually that is more or less what happens with children. Granted, they have far more rights than animals before 18, but some rights are stripped out of them because they are considered immature. Ditto for mentally handicapped.
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The same role that Ford Motor Company is responsible to fill in preventing the use of it's vehicles as Getaway cars from scenes of crimes.
Actually if they were able to shut-down a car remotely, they would probably be forced to cooperate with police forces.
Yes. Lame economical move. Wonderful ideological one. Google is not banking on money but on reputation. They believe that the protocols used on internet should be opened and not patent-encumbered. They think that this is a danger that would cost them more than $8,000. They see further than most. Kudos to them.
...is a bigger threat to democracy than terrorism ever was.
From now on, I'll refer to posthumanism and transhumanism as postretardism and transretardism.
Not into "their standard" but into an open standard (which should be what all "standards" are anyway)
Well life doesn't feature unicorn, for one thing...
Infinite lives is not the only feature request for life 2.0. Otherwise we would all be playing "Cubicle Programmer Online"
No. What made flash prevalent was that :
1) Microsoft was never able to give a decent video player under windows
2) Flash made a better job at packaging/installing a video player than any video player developper
Actually, if vlc had been the default video player under windows, I am sure that youtube would give links to avi/wmv/ogm files instead of going through a flash player.
If the idea is right, the summary is wrong. The title talks about quantum teleportation, then the summary explains "regular" teleportation. Quantum teleportation would imply that a DNA molecule's waveform can cross a potential barrier with a certain probability (and it would assume that this phenomenon has biological relevance). I see nothing of the sort there.
Exactly. On internet people download and upload. They "consume" media but produce it as well. A codec that is free only for reading has no place on internet.
Because the navigator in Windows is a mess, because many KDE tools could be worth having under windows. Some of us here are stuck with MS VC++ because of work obligation (and/or don't mind a Windows game from time to time) but absolutely hate the environment.
As long as the browser allows to save any file it can't read, I have no problem with that. Reading a video is not a browser's job anyway.
I know that. Every one in the IT field know that. It is obvious to anyone with a bit of technical skills. I am just pointing out how low the debate is right now here.
What I read on ze Internet is that Sweden has no real reason to obey any US command. They have a history of independence or even defiance toward US and their law forbids extradition of someone who could face capital punishment. Looks like the trap would have been for Assange to escape capture. Now he will probably be judged, get a fine or a few months of prison and be released. Or he could even walk free out of the tribunal. Sweden justice is apparently known for being very independent from political powers.
Actually heard in the French assembly : "They can do it China, why would it be impossible to do in France ?"
World Wars were about millions of people dying. I doubt this will be the case. Would you kill someone over this ? Would you be ready to die over this ? This however, may be the first occurence of info-war or net-war. A war of ideas where two visions of internet fight each other. But I doubt it will make as many casualties as a world war or even an economical war.
I think what we will see is the first schism of internet.
Actually, depending on the metrics used, alcohol may be considered like the most harmful drug on the streets or just below heroin and cocain. Cannabis is lower than tobacco and LSD even lower than that.
http://www.mapinc.org/lib/LancetFigure1.gif
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2010/nov/02/alcohol_more_harmful_heroin_or_c
A colleague who used to work for defense contractors once told me this interesting trick : If you have a boring document that you need every employee to read, instead of just handling it to them, make it secret and give them clearance. That will make them more curious and everybody will read it. Maybe here is a similar strategy : "leak" a document stating how to prevent leaks, and more people will read it than if you just publish it on a governmental website.
What about the same reason that keeps the inners of the Earth warm : nuclear fission ? After all, the kaguya probe has found decent amounts of it on the moon's surface (one of the most underrated science news of the recent times, imho) so it is not far fetched to imagine it containing a decent proportion near its core. Especially if it is liquid.
Basic human rights include :
freedom of religion
freedom of circulation
freedom of speech
the right to a fair trial before punishment
the right to refuse medication
A child can be (legally) denied any of these by its parents. Children rights are a very strange area of human rights. They basically encompass the right to live, to not be tortured (by some definitions) and to receive education. But they are nothing close to anything you would call basic human right in any country.
Using that baseline for sapience, I fully expect some non-human intelligences to pass the test, dolphins and chimps especially. No software we have today could do it, but maybe in a few decades that will change.
If you design a test that can be passed by any "legally responsible" human adult, I am confident I can design a software that can pass it too. Seriously. However I doubt you can do such a test.
At least it is OUR chaos, we are responsible for it and have the tools to correct it.
Most people don't want a computer. They want a game console that can check emails and facebook. I want a computer. I guess it is time computers become a niche market again.
Oh, don't be so harsh. There could be a negative correlation...
If the only measure of value is sapience, and it can be demonstrated that a non-human of any stripe shares that characteristic with us, than damn straight we ought to treat them the way we treat humans.
1. we really need a test for that.
2. we need to be prepared for the implication of some humans failing at these tests.
3. we need to be prepared for the implication of some software programs succeeding at these tests.
Actually that is more or less what happens with children. Granted, they have far more rights than animals before 18, but some rights are stripped out of them because they are considered immature. Ditto for mentally handicapped.