Sorry. Reality has changed theory. Alot of people now define communism as "A form of government that may have started as a half-based attempt to bring on a utopian collectivist society - as defined by Karl Marx - but is in reality a murderous totalitarian state." Given that those totalitarian states called themselves communist, the new definition stuck. There has never been true communism, which like any form of anarchy will not work for large groups due to human nature. Instead there were megadeaths brought on by the likes of Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot....not that a pseudo-socialist corporate republic like the USA is a good thing.
If you sign a contract (legal settlement) and agree to do or not do something then it is something that you agreed to in a contract in exchange for some consideration and has nothing to do with free speech.
Sorry, yes it is. In cases like these, the corporate entity uses the government as an extortion tool to force these contracts to be signed, effectively aiming the crosshairs of the civil court system at you. One cannot walk away from a frivolous or unjust lawsuit. Most cannot realistically pay to fight one when behemoths like the RIAA are gunning for them. I can't really see the contract as morally valid when signed under such conditions.
That's metaphysics; you are presupposing the existence of consciousness independent of a physical medium.
Somewhat. My thoughts on consciousness is that it's the result of a running neural network. The physical medium would not be relevant if that were true. It seems to make sense that duplicating this neural configuration would create two "souls". I don't see why the consciousness would migrate to the copy. But it might be in both.
My problem is with step 2 of the second method RedCard mentioned: kill the original person. That seems more like comitting suicide while leaving behind an immortal copy that thinks it's you, instead of gaining immortality.
Of course, this theory has no evidence to back it, but neither do any of the other theorys dealing with the nature of the soul (or whatever one chooses to call it).
I don't claim to grok the nature of consciousness. Nobody knows the answers to those questions. I merely state that it's possible (and seems likely to me) that 'uploading' by creating a copy of someone's mind - then destroying the original - would result the original consciousness dying. The copy might be perfectly happy and think of itself as the original, but that wouldn't help the original.
WSo by your reasoning an advanced AI could never have a spirit, sould, whatever it's called with out killing/stealing someone else's?
No, I'm saying that merely creating a copy one's mind does not move one's (awareness|consciousness|spirit|soul|self) to the copy...at least, there is no proof of this, and it doesn't seem likely that it would. You'd have two identical minds, would there be two souls? Why wouldn't the original soul stay with the original mind, and die when it's terminated? Or would the soul be in both copys? What happens when the thought processes of the two copys start to diverge?
It seems that bypassing neural connections to another physical medium that emulates the former would be a better bet for actually transferring. Theoretically the mind would not be altered by this.
Personally I'd be happy stopping at 3. I now have a self-repairing, programmable brain (and possibly a self-repairing, programmable body). Why would I want to move into VR? The possibilities in the real world would be endless.
There's no reason to believe that the person being emulated is any more qualified an observer than anyone else. If it's good enough to fool outside observers, it's good enough to fool the person being emulated.
That may be, but it won't fool the person being killed: The original.
A copy is a copy. The consciousness (spirit, soul, whatever it's called) must be moved along with everything else.
e) disable swap space (if one of the programs you're using ends up being written to the swap...). The last is unavoidable with all encryption systems I've heard of. The only resolution would be to have an encrypted swap space, but that means an encryptor that preallocates space for the encryption process when one is out of physical memory.
There are two feasable ways to do this (that I can think of at 3 in the morning): A: Use a swapfile on an encrypted partition. This will be slow, of course. Very slow. B: losetup -e (cypher)/dev/loop0/dev/hda3 (where/dev/hda3 is your swap partition.) Then mkswap/dev/loop0, swapon/dev/loop0. You will want to use the international kernel patch as the standard losetup & kernel only does XOR or DES. I think the blowfish cypher would be ideal for this, it's fast and secure.
Speaking as a FAG I'm not the least bit offended. What's offending me is all the whiny self-righteous politically correct people who immediately pounce on someone for commiting WordCrime. Go away. Go do something more useful with your mouth and suck a cock, FAG.
Surprisingly alltheweb does return more hits in some areas, most notably for che ese, windows, and pr0n. With the cheese test, AllTheWeb helpfully cluttered my s creen with a banner for food products. Google, thankfully, is still bannerless, and returns more linux hits, fnords, and Voltaire quotes. Alltheweb also stalled several times and I had to resubmit a search. Conclusion: If you're a linux gee k or you want to know about fnords, futuristic philosophies, compilation errors, or advanced space propulsion concepts, google is better. If you're a horny wind ows user and want to find gay or straight pr0n, and if you for some reason like kumquats and want to learn more about cheese, use alltheweb.
Seriously, I'll probably stick with google, better numbers or no. The only thing AllTheWeb has going for it is the ftp search. The original is owned by lycos no w and broken.
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endif
if ($term == xterm ) then
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endif
[0:5][root@eris:pts/6]/root>
[returncode:shlvl][user@host:tty]path
It's red for ssh logins, else it's cyan.
Does the xterm titlebar too.
Setup a normal isp connection on the pilot, with no user/pass and 00 as the phone number. Tap connect, and run/usr/sbin/pppd/dev/pilot 19200 local 192.168.23.1:192.168.23.2 on the unix end.
Well, it seems similar enough in topic so here goes.
I'm currently pondering getting either a TNT2 or voodoo(2|3) for my system, but as far as Linux support I'm not sure what would be best. I'd like to have:
a) The ability to accelerate in a window, any programs that link to or compile with Mesa. b) Run (Quake|Hexen|Myth|Insert_any_spiffy_but_binary_onl y_game_here) in acceleration.
So would the TNT2 cause an issue? Are quake2/quake3/unreal runnable on a non-3dfx, or do they _have_ to have Glide?
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The paper the article was based on is here: (276k pdf)
Good speakers and a shell script that runs via cron:
/mp3/_single/aqua-barbie_girl-german_version.mp3
mpg123 -q
It's enough to make anyone wake up and run across the room to kill -9 the dammed thing.
Sorry. Reality has changed theory. Alot of people now define communism as "A form of government that may have started as a half-based attempt to bring on a utopian collectivist society - as defined by Karl Marx - but is in reality a murderous totalitarian state." Given that those totalitarian states called themselves communist, the new definition stuck. There has never been true communism, which like any form of anarchy will not work for large groups due to human nature. Instead there were megadeaths brought on by the likes of Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot. ...not that a pseudo-socialist corporate republic like the USA is a good thing.
Hell yeah it's going slow, I have 360k up =[
*Pets mod_bandwidth*
-- rr.com slashdot victim. ( =[ )
Has this evil grinning face been spotted anywhere else? I'm guessing it and the above pictures are from a stock photo cd for marketroids.
If you sign a contract (legal settlement) and agree to do or not do something then it is something that you agreed to in a contract in exchange for some consideration and has nothing to do with free speech.
Sorry, yes it is. In cases like these, the corporate entity uses the government as an extortion tool to force these contracts to be signed, effectively aiming the crosshairs of the civil court system at you. One cannot walk away from a frivolous or unjust lawsuit. Most cannot realistically pay to fight one when behemoths like the RIAA are gunning for them. I can't really see the contract as morally valid when signed under such conditions.
That's metaphysics; you are presupposing the existence of consciousness independent of a physical medium.
Somewhat. My thoughts on consciousness is that it's the result of a running neural network. The physical medium would not be relevant if that were true. It seems to make sense that duplicating this neural configuration would create two "souls". I don't see why the consciousness would migrate to the copy. But it might be in both.
My problem is with step 2 of the second method RedCard mentioned: kill the original person. That seems more like comitting suicide while leaving behind an immortal copy that thinks it's you, instead of gaining immortality.
Of course, this theory has no evidence to back it, but neither do any of the other theorys dealing with the nature of the soul (or whatever one chooses to call it).
I don't claim to grok the nature of consciousness. Nobody knows the answers to those questions. I merely state that it's possible (and seems likely to me) that 'uploading' by creating a copy of someone's mind - then destroying the original - would result the original consciousness dying. The copy might be perfectly happy and think of itself as the original, but that wouldn't help the original.
WSo by your reasoning an advanced AI could never have a spirit, sould, whatever it's called with out killing/stealing someone else's?
No, I'm saying that merely creating a copy one's mind does not move one's (awareness|consciousness|spirit|soul|self) to the copy...at least, there is no proof of this, and it doesn't seem likely that it would. You'd have two identical minds, would there be two souls? Why wouldn't the original soul stay with the original mind, and die when it's terminated? Or would the soul be in both copys? What happens when the thought processes of the two copys start to diverge?
It seems that bypassing neural connections to another physical medium that emulates the former would be a better bet for actually transferring. Theoretically the mind would not be altered by this.
Aexia explained my thoughts on this best.
Personally I'd be happy stopping at 3. I now have a self-repairing, programmable brain (and possibly a self-repairing, programmable body). Why would I want to move into VR? The possibilities in the real world would be endless.
There's no reason to believe that the person being emulated is any more qualified an observer than anyone else. If it's good enough to fool outside observers, it's good enough to fool the person being emulated.
That may be, but it won't fool the person being killed: The original.
A copy is a copy. The consciousness (spirit, soul, whatever it's called) must be moved along with everything else.
Gandalf: Move 'ring'.
Gandalf: For great justice.
e) disable swap space (if one of the programs you're using ends up being written to the swap...). The last is unavoidable with all encryption systems I've heard of. The only resolution would be to have an encrypted swap space, but that means an encryptor that preallocates space for the encryption process when one is out of physical memory.
/dev/loop0 /dev/hda3 (where /dev/hda3 is your swap partition.) Then mkswap /dev/loop0, swapon /dev/loop0. You will want to use the international kernel patch as the standard losetup & kernel only does XOR or DES. I think the blowfish cypher would be ideal for this, it's fast and secure.
There are two feasable ways to do this (that I can think of at 3 in the morning):
A: Use a swapfile on an encrypted partition. This will be slow, of course. Very slow.
B: losetup -e (cypher)
Speaking as a FAG I'm not the least bit offended. What's offending me is all the whiny self-righteous politically correct people who immediately pounce on someone for commiting WordCrime. Go away. Go do something more useful with your mouth and suck a cock, FAG.
Let's look at the numbers shall we?
Fnord: Google: 104000 AllTheWeb: 46439
Cheese: Google: 3690000 AllTheWeb: 7718252
Linux: Google: 48000000 AllTheWeb: 26670311
Windows: Google: 44600000 AllTheWeb: 66545303
Extropian: Google: 4460 AllTheWeb: 3999
Kumquat: Google: 32600 AllTheWeb: 42889
Question Authority and the authorities will question you.: Google: 90 AllTheWe b: 74
Hot man meat: Google: 229 AllTheWeb: 1661
Hot pussy: Google: 104000 AllTheWeb: 770057
"undefined reference to" error: Google: 31700 AllTheWeb: 8548
"Antimatter-Catalyzed MicroFission / Fusion": Google: 6 AllTheWeb: 1
Surprisingly alltheweb does return more hits in some areas, most notably for che ese, windows, and pr0n. With the cheese test, AllTheWeb helpfully cluttered my s creen with a banner for food products. Google, thankfully, is still bannerless, and returns more linux hits, fnords, and Voltaire quotes. Alltheweb also stalled several times and I had to resubmit a search. Conclusion: If you're a linux gee k or you want to know about fnords, futuristic philosophies, compilation errors, or advanced space propulsion concepts, google is better. If you're a horny wind ows user and want to find gay or straight pr0n, and if you for some reason like kumquats and want to learn more about cheese, use alltheweb.
Seriously, I'll probably stick with google, better numbers or no. The only thing AllTheWeb has going for it is the ftp search. The original is owned by lycos no w and broken.
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set out='0;37m'
if $?SSH_CLIENT then
set in='0;31m'
else
set in='0;36m'
endif
if ($term == xterm ) then
set prompt = "%{\e]0;`whoami`@%m:%l: %/\007%}%{\e[${out}%}[%{\e[${in}%}%?%{\e[${out}%}
else
set prompt = "%{\e[${out}%}[%{\e[${in}%}%?%{\e[${out}%}:%{\e[$
endif
[0:5][root@eris:pts/6]/root>
[returncode:shlvl][user@host:tty]path
It's red for ssh logins, else it's cyan.
Does the xterm titlebar too.
Read the howto, you need to make two named pipes and run two helper programs beforehand.
There's a detailed one at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmh ome/alloctbl/alloctbl.html, and another at http://www.strongsignals.net/htm/band plan.htm.
I'm no an expert, but doesn't GPS receive only? This would require the pda to constantly transmit your location, as gps doesn't do that.
I think.
Setup a normal isp connection on the pilot, with no user/pass and 00 as the phone number. Tap connect, and run /usr/sbin/pppd /dev/pilot 19200 local 192.168.23.1:192.168.23.2 on the unix end.
Eh, I'm not sure most gays are the stereotypical limpwristed swishy effeminate type. Those are simply the most visible.
Well, it seems similar enough in topic so here goes.
l y_game_here) in acceleration.
I'm currently pondering getting either a TNT2 or voodoo(2|3) for my system, but as far as Linux support I'm not sure what would be best. I'd like to have:
a) The ability to accelerate in a window, any programs that link to or compile with Mesa.
b) Run (Quake|Hexen|Myth|Insert_any_spiffy_but_binary_on
So would the TNT2 cause an issue? Are quake2/quake3/unreal runnable on a non-3dfx, or do they _have_ to have Glide?
The mac version runs great under Executor.
Bochs has been doing this since before vmware. It may not be GPL, but the source _is_ out, and the license allows modification.
I converted the vogon.com guide entrys (from the actual books) into isilo format for the palmpilot. It works spiffy.