Do you really need air conditioning? What do you think they did a hundred years ago? Air conditioning is a comfort thing. You don't need it. Just drink some more water.
No thanks. I pay for electricity, and I want what I pay for. If they need to build more facilities and raise the prices during peak hours, that's fine.
I can't remember ever seeing any cops out om speed trap duty during inclement weather conditions. I usually only see them out when my local newspaper reports that the city manager has bungled another development project and is sinking the budget.
Of course not, but that's not a completely arbitrary human concept which only exists for as long as it's supported by the population composing the society from which the concept arises.
The 120 mile range would get me to work and back every day. It would be a problem for road trips but, I'd keep at least one gas powered car around for that...
Just buy the plug-in hybrid version and don't worry about having a separate car.
'1 mile per kwh city, 250 kwh pack, 50 miles per gallon gasoline, 10 gallon tank'.
Somehow I don't expect that efficiency report to pump the consumers into unloading their wallets. I'm pretty sure the company is going to stick to figures that average people can wrap their minds around.
This wasn't by any sort of choice. This was because the ancient Inuit who had cholesterol problems all died off.
Before their reproductive years? They would have had to have died off before the age of 30 as a result of their cholesterol diet in order to have been selected out.
Also i can't honestly see the point on why we need men on mars. Emotional as it is, its just not practical.
There is only 1 thing that brining a human to mars achieves, and thats a story. Does America really want to spend billions for another "One small step"?
Well, we've spent nearly a trillion dollars occupying a politically insignificant nation in the middle east. I don't think a few billion dollars spent doing something that we can actually be proud of is going to hurt anyone.
That was not at all what I meant and not at all part of my thought process, I'm more worried that others might think such a thing
The truth is whatever the truth happens to be. Whether or not people use some concept to support political notions that are unpopular does not imply in any way that the particular concept isn't factual.
On another note, when a particular development (e.g. the current state of human existence) has competing theories of how said development occurred (e.g. out-of-Africa vs. multiple-origin), the actual truth tends to be that both have a basis in fact. In may very well be the case that the major component of human genetic heritage is from a single original line and it may also be the case that our genetics have been modified in various ways through contact with very near-modern (reproductively compatible) Homo Erectus populations that moved out prior to Homo Sapiens. In any case, racists will still find plenty of reasons to be racists, so we might as well attempt to understand our origins without pre-examining all of the potential political outcomes of that knowledge, and we most definitely should not be entertaining one theory over another because of a potential political outcome. The truth is the truth, period.
Right. Just like if you don't want gay men touching your penis, you're probably homophobic. Maybe the guy isn't afraid of smart women, maybe he just wants to see some hot ass.
"It's the law of physics that states that if one girl screams for something, it will make other girls scream... until all girls within a five-mile radius are screaming. Once you get girls screamin', you can't stop 'em! They're crazy!" --Chef, South Park
Great strategy. Switch up the format every decade or so and obsolete the old hardware so that people have to keep buying the same movie over and voer again if they want tomaintain a viewable collection.
On another note, I still buy VHS every chance I get. At least when a HVS tape gets a little worn out it just keeps on going with some blips and squiggly lines instead of just.......stopping and displaying a "Can't Read" error.
"One day I agree, it will be a great adventure. But that is something for a healthy, content, prosperous society to pursue. It's something for a peaceful united democratic world to pursue. We should sort out issues here on earth before we go off and try to mess up some other planet."
The world's lack of healthfulness, contentedness, peacefulness, unity and "democracy" are not problems that can be solved with any of the tools at our disposal. Short of a long-term program of very sophisticated eugenics, whereby we can change the underlying substrate of human nature, we will never accomplish any of the goals you described. They are problems of an inherent nature which humans possess as a consequence of violent evolution. if we wait for these problems to be under control before we advance beyond the confines of our planet, then we're going to rot here on earth until the sun explodes.
The origninal post was making a dinstinction between sex and violence. I thought it was a logical moment to bring up his experiences, and entirely appropriate. Whether the line of commentary was "interesting" or not, it certainly didn't deserve an abusive use of moderation access to beat it down.
I'm pretty sure the object of the comparison isn't the degree to which software can emulate a human. An entity doesn't need to possess a human-like sense of humor in order to be intelligent, or "superior" in general. That's what makes comparison between human and AI so daunting, especially if we frame the comparison in terms of superiority. Also, I don't think it would be necessary to designate an entity that WAS capable of perfect human-like emulation as an actual human itself. It's not necessary for AI to be "human" to be valuable.
Resources come to an end. That's one of the fun consequences of existing. At some point, one way or another, all of Earth's resources will be depleted. We can get creative with recycling and reconstitution of our most valuable resources. But those operations consume energy, and energy is just another resource which will be depleted. Our planet, and its capacity to sustain life, is not eternal. If humanity wishes to survive beyond the confines of our finite bubble in space, we need to learn how to harness materials and energy outside of our planet.
Hmmm....pretty much any question can be answered by some other source that's more *reputable* than the posters on slashdot. What's wrong with asking questions here? At least you get to have a broader base of opinion that's not commercially motivated.
I never did, and never would, vote for Bush. I personally distain Bush's administration and the failing policies that they've introduced in both foreign relations and economics at home. My assertion wasn't that there was anything incorrect about the arguments, only that they were framed in an inflammatory way that is likely to be counter-productive. If you honestly want to change minds and enlighten people, and not just berate them, you need to show tact.
I agree with your position nearly in whole, yet I think you could have easily made the same valid points without implicating a "right-wing agenda" as the seed of the parent poster's misunderstanding about expectation of privacy. It may or may not be true, but to use politically divisive and inflammatory statements in your argument only detracts from its usefulness.
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Do you really need air conditioning? What do you think they did a hundred years ago? Air conditioning is a comfort thing. You don't need it. Just drink some more water.
No thanks. I pay for electricity, and I want what I pay for. If they need to build more facilities and raise the prices during peak hours, that's fine.
I can't remember ever seeing any cops out om speed trap duty during inclement weather conditions. I usually only see them out when my local newspaper reports that the city manager has bungled another development project and is sinking the budget.
If everybody believes the world is flat, is it?
Of course not, but that's not a completely arbitrary human concept which only exists for as long as it's supported by the population composing the society from which the concept arises.
All of the things we use to measure the passage of time relative to our actions will also slow down, and report the same rates.
The 120 mile range would get me to work and back every day. It would be a problem for road trips but, I'd keep at least one gas powered car around for that...
Just buy the plug-in hybrid version and don't worry about having a separate car.
'1 mile per kwh city, 250 kwh pack, 50 miles per gallon gasoline, 10 gallon tank'.
Somehow I don't expect that efficiency report to pump the consumers into unloading their wallets. I'm pretty sure the company is going to stick to figures that average people can wrap their minds around.
This wasn't by any sort of choice. This was because the ancient Inuit who had cholesterol problems all died off. Before their reproductive years? They would have had to have died off before the age of 30 as a result of their cholesterol diet in order to have been selected out.
Also i can't honestly see the point on why we need men on mars. Emotional as it is, its just not practical. There is only 1 thing that brining a human to mars achieves, and thats a story. Does America really want to spend billions for another "One small step"?
Well, we've spent nearly a trillion dollars occupying a politically insignificant nation in the middle east. I don't think a few billion dollars spent doing something that we can actually be proud of is going to hurt anyone.
Yes. But also mulletproof. Mullets have been overrepresented in the last couple of election cycles.
That was not at all what I meant and not at all part of my thought process, I'm more worried that others might think such a thing
The truth is whatever the truth happens to be. Whether or not people use some concept to support political notions that are unpopular does not imply in any way that the particular concept isn't factual.
On another note, when a particular development (e.g. the current state of human existence) has competing theories of how said development occurred (e.g. out-of-Africa vs. multiple-origin), the actual truth tends to be that both have a basis in fact. In may very well be the case that the major component of human genetic heritage is from a single original line and it may also be the case that our genetics have been modified in various ways through contact with very near-modern (reproductively compatible) Homo Erectus populations that moved out prior to Homo Sapiens. In any case, racists will still find plenty of reasons to be racists, so we might as well attempt to understand our origins without pre-examining all of the potential political outcomes of that knowledge, and we most definitely should not be entertaining one theory over another because of a potential political outcome. The truth is the truth, period.
Right. Just like if you don't want gay men touching your penis, you're probably homophobic. Maybe the guy isn't afraid of smart women, maybe he just wants to see some hot ass.
"It's the law of physics that states that if one girl screams for something, it will make other girls scream ... until all girls within a five-mile radius are screaming. Once you get girls screamin', you can't stop 'em! They're crazy!" --Chef, South Park
Great strategy. Switch up the format every decade or so and obsolete the old hardware so that people have to keep buying the same movie over and voer again if they want tomaintain a viewable collection.
On another note, I still buy VHS every chance I get. At least when a HVS tape gets a little worn out it just keeps on going with some blips and squiggly lines instead of just.......stopping and displaying a "Can't Read" error.
Here's the problem
"One day I agree, it will be a great adventure. But that is something for a healthy, content, prosperous society to pursue. It's something for a peaceful united democratic world to pursue. We should sort out issues here on earth before we go off and try to mess up some other planet."
The world's lack of healthfulness, contentedness, peacefulness, unity and "democracy" are not problems that can be solved with any of the tools at our disposal. Short of a long-term program of very sophisticated eugenics, whereby we can change the underlying substrate of human nature, we will never accomplish any of the goals you described. They are problems of an inherent nature which humans possess as a consequence of violent evolution. if we wait for these problems to be under control before we advance beyond the confines of our planet, then we're going to rot here on earth until the sun explodes.
The origninal post was making a dinstinction between sex and violence. I thought it was a logical moment to bring up his experiences, and entirely appropriate. Whether the line of commentary was "interesting" or not, it certainly didn't deserve an abusive use of moderation access to beat it down.
the modder was likely the type I described in my post above.
Yes...sad. But even more pathetic and unbelievable are the males that agree with them.
Which, of course, makes it all the more necessary to acquire the means of utilizing resources beyond our planet earlier rather than later.
I'm pretty sure the object of the comparison isn't the degree to which software can emulate a human. An entity doesn't need to possess a human-like sense of humor in order to be intelligent, or "superior" in general. That's what makes comparison between human and AI so daunting, especially if we frame the comparison in terms of superiority. Also, I don't think it would be necessary to designate an entity that WAS capable of perfect human-like emulation as an actual human itself. It's not necessary for AI to be "human" to be valuable.
Resources come to an end. That's one of the fun consequences of existing. At some point, one way or another, all of Earth's resources will be depleted. We can get creative with recycling and reconstitution of our most valuable resources. But those operations consume energy, and energy is just another resource which will be depleted. Our planet, and its capacity to sustain life, is not eternal. If humanity wishes to survive beyond the confines of our finite bubble in space, we need to learn how to harness materials and energy outside of our planet.
We don't HAVE to suck at living in space. We just need more ambition, more funding, and less unwarranted micro-caution. We could accomplish something.
Hmmm....pretty much any question can be answered by some other source that's more *reputable* than the posters on slashdot. What's wrong with asking questions here? At least you get to have a broader base of opinion that's not commercially motivated.
I never did, and never would, vote for Bush. I personally distain Bush's administration and the failing policies that they've introduced in both foreign relations and economics at home. My assertion wasn't that there was anything incorrect about the arguments, only that they were framed in an inflammatory way that is likely to be counter-productive. If you honestly want to change minds and enlighten people, and not just berate them, you need to show tact.
I agree with your position nearly in whole, yet I think you could have easily made the same valid points without implicating a "right-wing agenda" as the seed of the parent poster's misunderstanding about expectation of privacy. It may or may not be true, but to use politically divisive and inflammatory statements in your argument only detracts from its usefulness.