I have a 21" flat-screen Sony Trinitron CRT. I haven't seen it matched by any non-CRTs on the market and I've had it for over three years now. I don't plan on replacing it anytime soon, and, when I do replace it, I'll just go with another CRT if they still don't have anything else that measures up. I don't care about how much space my monitor makes up, but I do care about picture quality. I hope they continue making CRTs as long as their picture quality is superior.
So, the measure of gameplay is now a matter of how many different elements are in one game?
Lots of old games are good. Lots of new games are good. But a game doesn't have to have 80-million different things to do in it in order to be good. Some might say that focusing on one thing and doing it well more often makes for a superior gaming experience than games that try to cram every thing the developers ever thought of into the context of the game.
Much as I can't ask you to stop breathing by this argument, you don't gain ownership of a person by feeding them.
Well, aren't we lucky that most people would agree with that sentiment. But, where do you draw the line between what is 'possesionable' and what is free? And does the sentiment about food apply to electricity in the case of an AI?
So, from the original perspective, if I only eat food that my brother buys me for a long period of time, does that mean that I am indentured to him because the cells in my body are composed of his property?
Or, if I download a copy of my consciousness onto hardware that I own, does that mean that my organic body has ownership of the consciousness as well as the hardware, or just ownership of the hardware on which the consciousness resides. And if the consciousness has a right to existence, am I then obligated to keep my hardware running for as long as possible? Does the copied consciousness have any obligation to me for supplying the original copy and the hardware? Am I responsible for any ethically questionable activities my synthetic consciousness might become involved in? If I am convicted of a crime, does that mean my synthetic consciousness must also go to jail? If my corporeal consciousness dies along with my body, and my synthetic consciousness is afforded the same rights afforded to me during life, then who will be responsible for protecting those rights?
If a rogue synthetic consciousness attacks my synthetic consciousness, what will be the protocol for disciplining the criminal?
Anyways, it seems to me some of these could become rather pertinent questions at some point.
So, if I share a Honda with my brother, and then the wheels fall off. My brother replaces them with ones that he owns. Then the gearbox breaks, and my brother replaces that with parts he owns as well. Eventually, the entire engine and body of the car have been replaced by my brother with parts that he owns. So, we still have joint ownership of the car, or is it really my brother's car?
Perhaps an even more straightforward example is with a computer. If I share a computer with my brother, but eventually my brother has replaced all of the parts of the computer with pieces he has bought including the case & PSU, then is it really still a jointy-owned machine? Or are the parts from the original machine that were discarded the jointly owned bits?
Hey, the fact of the matter is that we already have enough weapons of mass destruction to destroy three worlds. I don't think Space Planes are going to change the equation so very drastically. The fact of the matter is that there are many positive developments that could come out of this.
I don't want to have to deal with your doomsday fantasies terrorizing the whole planet before I get in my wicked awesome VF-1 Valkyrie and fly away to my private space colony.
And again, I would reiterate that this development was inevitable. If someone wants to come and argue the point, then more power to them. Mankind was bound to do this at some point or other. It's just how things work. I'm glad at least it's being made partially public so that greater awareness around the issue and its ramifications can be made. But I'm also hopeful that this will allow for greater opportunities and development possibilities on the great frontier of space. Enough said.
I've seen this as an inevitable development at some time or other. So, we might as well get it over with now so we can at least have some kick-ass VF-1 Valkyries in my lifetime.
I think the controller looks fine. I do have some questions about how well it'll fit my hands, but Sony has always been pretty good with ergonomics. So long as it's comfortable, I think it'll be great.
Well, anybody who likes good RPGs for one (this being a not insignificant proportion of the gaming population, especially in Japan). I know that's why I still play ps1 games.
It is highly possible that cargo-rated prototypes of a crew exploration vehicle could fulfill the United States' necessary obligations as far as the ISS is concerned.
As for Hubble, naturally it is a rather controversial topic, but it seems to me you could send up a second Hubble with a longer initial lifespan for the cost of doing all the repair missions for the current one.
Why don't you read what I said one more time. Finished? Now, please read it again. OK, notice that I don't mention anything about man-rated launch-vehicles from private firms. Specifically, I was referring to the man-rated launch-vehicle NASA is due to deploy after the retirement of the shuttle.
Now, as for your last assertion, if you feel like coming out from behind the guise of your AC veil, then perhaps we can have a discussion about it. Until then, I'd say all your assertions have about an equal value of relevancy. That is to say, none whatsoever.
They could stop the shuttle program and use the money in the few years in between now and when the new man-rated launch-vehicle comes out to seed promising space initiatives by private firms. I'm sure this would more than pay for itself.
Now maybe the majority of CS majors will actually be people who like and think it's fun instead of people looking for a quick way to cash in. I used to know a ton of people who didn't know a thing about computers and they decided on CS as a major because they thought they could make big bucks. It's good to know this trend might be changing.
From Wikipedia: Sousveillance refers both to inverse surveillance, as well as to the recording of an activity from the perspective of a participant in the activity (i.e. personal experience capture).
Plain English doesn't have to be short. If it did, we'd all be striving for some Orwellian ideal of shortening everything into nothing. The key is to be understandable, not monosyllabic.
While I agree with you to a large extent, I also believe that putting people on Mars opens up entirely new realms for scientific discovery and inquiry. The real problem here is that NASA is not getting enough funding in general. If the government just siphoned off a small percentage of the defense budget to NASA, it would have a massively positive impact on all science and exploration initiatives in the space program.
Yeah, so a bunch of people are asked for their opinion about which OS is better. How is this even remotely relevant to anyone other than social scientists and marketers?
brain implants return ability to those with disability, allowing them to control all manner of devices by thought alone
Why is this thought of only in terms of those with disability? I'm sure there are plenty of other people would love having the device implanted for other purposes altogether.
As soon as someone figures out a way to create an optical overlay via a direct neural interface, I'm sure everyone who ever seriously dreamed of living in virtual reality will jump on this in a heartbeat.
Though, hopefully they'll also figure out a less intrusive means by which to install the device and also prevent possible infection.
Actually, I was referring to this: When it's done, in about thirty years, these nanotech swarms will 'alter their shape to flow over rocky terrain or to create useful structures like communications antennae and solar sails.
I don't know if or when you read that technology-prototypes of that nature exist, but they simply don't. Nasa has a macro-scale prototype, but this, I think most would agree, is something entirely different.
By the way, I don't see how my criticism of some speculation regarding a possible event thirty years in the future would be interpreted as trolling.
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I have a 21" flat-screen Sony Trinitron CRT. I haven't seen it matched by any non-CRTs on the market and I've had it for over three years now. I don't plan on replacing it anytime soon, and, when I do replace it, I'll just go with another CRT if they still don't have anything else that measures up. I don't care about how much space my monitor makes up, but I do care about picture quality. I hope they continue making CRTs as long as their picture quality is superior.
Non-existant building found in imaginary city
dodge this stuff and shoot this stuff
So, the measure of gameplay is now a matter of how many different elements are in one game?
Lots of old games are good. Lots of new games are good. But a game doesn't have to have 80-million different things to do in it in order to be good. Some might say that focusing on one thing and doing it well more often makes for a superior gaming experience than games that try to cram every thing the developers ever thought of into the context of the game.
Much as I can't ask you to stop breathing by this argument, you don't gain ownership of a person by feeding them.
Well, aren't we lucky that most people would agree with that sentiment. But, where do you draw the line between what is 'possesionable' and what is free? And does the sentiment about food apply to electricity in the case of an AI?
So, from the original perspective, if I only eat food that my brother buys me for a long period of time, does that mean that I am indentured to him because the cells in my body are composed of his property?
Or, if I download a copy of my consciousness onto hardware that I own, does that mean that my organic body has ownership of the consciousness as well as the hardware, or just ownership of the hardware on which the consciousness resides. And if the consciousness has a right to existence, am I then obligated to keep my hardware running for as long as possible? Does the copied consciousness have any obligation to me for supplying the original copy and the hardware? Am I responsible for any ethically questionable activities my synthetic consciousness might become involved in? If I am convicted of a crime, does that mean my synthetic consciousness must also go to jail? If my corporeal consciousness dies along with my body, and my synthetic consciousness is afforded the same rights afforded to me during life, then who will be responsible for protecting those rights?
If a rogue synthetic consciousness attacks my synthetic consciousness, what will be the protocol for disciplining the criminal?
Anyways, it seems to me some of these could become rather pertinent questions at some point.
So, if I share a Honda with my brother, and then the wheels fall off. My brother replaces them with ones that he owns. Then the gearbox breaks, and my brother replaces that with parts he owns as well. Eventually, the entire engine and body of the car have been replaced by my brother with parts that he owns. So, we still have joint ownership of the car, or is it really my brother's car?
Perhaps an even more straightforward example is with a computer. If I share a computer with my brother, but eventually my brother has replaced all of the parts of the computer with pieces he has bought including the case & PSU, then is it really still a jointy-owned machine? Or are the parts from the original machine that were discarded the jointly owned bits?
Hey, the fact of the matter is that we already have enough weapons of mass destruction to destroy three worlds. I don't think Space Planes are going to change the equation so very drastically. The fact of the matter is that there are many positive developments that could come out of this.
I don't want to have to deal with your doomsday fantasies terrorizing the whole planet before I get in my wicked awesome VF-1 Valkyrie and fly away to my private space colony.
And again, I would reiterate that this development was inevitable. If someone wants to come and argue the point, then more power to them. Mankind was bound to do this at some point or other. It's just how things work. I'm glad at least it's being made partially public so that greater awareness around the issue and its ramifications can be made. But I'm also hopeful that this will allow for greater opportunities and development possibilities on the great frontier of space. Enough said.
I've seen this as an inevitable development at some time or other. So, we might as well get it over with now so we can at least have some kick-ass VF-1 Valkyries in my lifetime.
Well, I much prefer the Washington Post, but maybe that's just me...
Hurrah! Continuing in the past Sony successes..
PS2, hardware died early
PSP, crappy button and dead pixels
PS3, TBA
You forgot to mention the part about having the most successful consoles in history.
Something must seriously be wrong at Sony if the PS3's rollout is going to be missing Christmas.
Sony never really planned to have the PS3 out this year, so why would something be wrong?
I think the controller looks fine. I do have some questions about how well it'll fit my hands, but Sony has always been pretty good with ergonomics. So long as it's comfortable, I think it'll be great.
people playes PS1 games on their PS2
Well, anybody who likes good RPGs for one (this being a not insignificant proportion of the gaming population, especially in Japan). I know that's why I still play ps1 games.
I'd say the Falcon V from SpaceX looks pretty damn promising.
It is highly possible that cargo-rated prototypes of a crew exploration vehicle could fulfill the United States' necessary obligations as far as the ISS is concerned.
As for Hubble, naturally it is a rather controversial topic, but it seems to me you could send up a second Hubble with a longer initial lifespan for the cost of doing all the repair missions for the current one.
Why don't you read what I said one more time. Finished? Now, please read it again. OK, notice that I don't mention anything about man-rated launch-vehicles from private firms. Specifically, I was referring to the man-rated launch-vehicle NASA is due to deploy after the retirement of the shuttle.
Now, as for your last assertion, if you feel like coming out from behind the guise of your AC veil, then perhaps we can have a discussion about it. Until then, I'd say all your assertions have about an equal value of relevancy. That is to say, none whatsoever.
They could stop the shuttle program and use the money in the few years in between now and when the new man-rated launch-vehicle comes out to seed promising space initiatives by private firms. I'm sure this would more than pay for itself.
I'm fine paying $40 for a game. It's those $8 (actually $9.50 where I live) movies that get me pissed off.
Now maybe the majority of CS majors will actually be people who like and think it's fun instead of people looking for a quick way to cash in. I used to know a ton of people who didn't know a thing about computers and they decided on CS as a major because they thought they could make big bucks. It's good to know this trend might be changing.
From Wikipedia: Sousveillance refers both to inverse surveillance, as well as to the recording of an activity from the perspective of a participant in the activity (i.e. personal experience capture).
Plain English doesn't have to be short. If it did, we'd all be striving for some Orwellian ideal of shortening everything into nothing. The key is to be understandable, not monosyllabic.
While I agree with you to a large extent, I also believe that putting people on Mars opens up entirely new realms for scientific discovery and inquiry. The real problem here is that NASA is not getting enough funding in general. If the government just siphoned off a small percentage of the defense budget to NASA, it would have a massively positive impact on all science and exploration initiatives in the space program.
Yeah, so a bunch of people are asked for their opinion about which OS is better. How is this even remotely relevant to anyone other than social scientists and marketers?
brain implants return ability to those with disability, allowing them to control all manner of devices by thought alone
Why is this thought of only in terms of those with disability? I'm sure there are plenty of other people would love having the device implanted for other purposes altogether.
As soon as someone figures out a way to create an optical overlay via a direct neural interface, I'm sure everyone who ever seriously dreamed of living in virtual reality will jump on this in a heartbeat.
Though, hopefully they'll also figure out a less intrusive means by which to install the device and also prevent possible infection.
Actually, I was referring to this: When it's done, in about thirty years, these nanotech swarms will 'alter their shape to flow over rocky terrain or to create useful structures like communications antennae and solar sails.
I don't know if or when you read that technology-prototypes of that nature exist, but they simply don't. Nasa has a macro-scale prototype, but this, I think most would agree, is something entirely different.
By the way, I don't see how my criticism of some speculation regarding a possible event thirty years in the future would be interpreted as trolling.