"... but it seems to have spread now to every part of the world where industrial economy and the religion of science have taken deep root since Jefferson, Voltaire, Locke, and their other practical colleagues kicked it off a quarter millennium ago."
This would be better said as the religion of capitalism, not science. I think he missed the target on that one.
Modern science is virtually suffocating from lack of funds. And what little is expended on science is carefully monitored for potential patenting opportunities.
There always has been prank calls. There always will be prank calls.
The only people that need to verify the situation on the ground is the paid people doing the work on the ground. The more force projected the more it needs to be checked. Simply upping the anti is going backwards.
Many people are in despair over the level of inhumanity being displayed by law enforcement. As someone here said, we may as well send the machines in. At least there is an excuse for being heartless then.
Machines only have a price tag because it takes human labour to build them still. In other words, when there is no longer any human inputs then the cost drops to zero. Money is just a placeholder for cooperation.
The problem then becomes one of population control. There is two ways to do it without wars, either use discriminatory ways to decimate the "undesirables" or simply limit the birth rate.
Of course, there is also the problem of the combat capable machines. Who gets the tell them what to do? And at what level of accountability?
Shooting at blinky dots or a full avatar rendering is nothing more than target practice.
On the other hand, incitement to hate is always a bad thing and can definitely boil over into real and dreadful actions... so it depends on how the story is presented rather than the topic itself.
"... also removed more than 220,000 third-party apps responsible for millions of suspicious tweets..."
And that's only the little bit the Russians did. My gut feeling is the game was much bigger still. The real totals will be appreciated only after it's not affecting.
Individual end users are not part of the equation.
The opening poster and OSI and most others posting here are all referring to corporate customers as the contributing developers. Ie: Open Source as a means of collaboration. Which usually means GPL'd, or something similar, that enforces sharing of the common development burden.
Everything I've ever owned with lithium batteries has this problem. Eg: My first netbook got cooked in the sun with the power off... it would vanish from 50% after that.
I don't own a single Apple product, but maybe I should start buying...
The phone's designers need shot for that one. You can complain about the software flattened the battery but not for setting the battery alight.
It's like someone playing a game then complaining the game makes the laptop overheat. Same story, the hardware combination is the problem, not the program running on it.
Thing is, average Joe bloggs is using Facebook's "Messenger" as an email substitute. To the point where many people are joining up just to use that one feature all because they don't know how to reply-all!
Some people do think it's important to kill as many other people as possible. They like to start with the non-believers like yourself. The more kills, the bigger their score is.
I was under the impression that lots of service craft come into contact on a regular basis. It's not hard to imagine organic material taking a ride on most of those. So it's just a question of how easy the contaminant transfer becomes.
There is one big difference. Security does stop things working if done wrong, or just doesn't do anything at all. Whereas no matter how little effort is put into it, fuddling around with a paint brush always does something effective in practice.
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"... but it seems to have spread now to every part of the world where industrial economy and the religion of science have taken deep root since Jefferson, Voltaire, Locke, and their other practical colleagues kicked it off a quarter millennium ago."
This would be better said as the religion of capitalism, not science. I think he missed the target on that one.
Modern science is virtually suffocating from lack of funds. And what little is expended on science is carefully monitored for potential patenting opportunities.
... for the win.
There always has been prank calls. There always will be prank calls.
The only people that need to verify the situation on the ground is the paid people doing the work on the ground. The more force projected the more it needs to be checked. Simply upping the anti is going backwards.
Many people are in despair over the level of inhumanity being displayed by law enforcement. As someone here said, we may as well send the machines in. At least there is an excuse for being heartless then.
The SWAT team clearly has a major attitude problem as well.
I never said anything about it being practice for physically handling a rifle, or any other weapon for that matter.
You've taken the target practice definition a tad too narrowly.
And a good workout to boot! ;) I think you've taken the target practice definition a tad too narrowly.
Maybe there was something else more substantial to pick on?
Machines only have a price tag because it takes human labour to build them still. In other words, when there is no longer any human inputs then the cost drops to zero. Money is just a placeholder for cooperation.
The problem then becomes one of population control. There is two ways to do it without wars, either use discriminatory ways to decimate the "undesirables" or simply limit the birth rate.
Of course, there is also the problem of the combat capable machines. Who gets the tell them what to do? And at what level of accountability?
In case that was being implied.
Shooting at blinky dots or a full avatar rendering is nothing more than target practice.
On the other hand, incitement to hate is always a bad thing and can definitely boil over into real and dreadful actions ... so it depends on how the story is presented rather than the topic itself.
Those exposed will be multi-millions.
"... also removed more than 220,000 third-party apps responsible for millions of suspicious tweets ..."
And that's only the little bit the Russians did. My gut feeling is the game was much bigger still. The real totals will be appreciated only after it's not affecting.
Individual end users are not part of the equation.
The opening poster and OSI and most others posting here are all referring to corporate customers as the contributing developers. Ie: Open Source as a means of collaboration. Which usually means GPL'd, or something similar, that enforces sharing of the common development burden.
Everything I've ever owned with lithium batteries has this problem. Eg: My first netbook got cooked in the sun with the power off ... it would vanish from 50% after that.
I don't own a single Apple product, but maybe I should start buying ...
for the win! :)
The phone's designers need shot for that one. You can complain about the software flattened the battery but not for setting the battery alight.
It's like someone playing a game then complaining the game makes the laptop overheat. Same story, the hardware combination is the problem, not the program running on it.
Thing is, average Joe bloggs is using Facebook's "Messenger" as an email substitute. To the point where many people are joining up just to use that one feature all because they don't know how to reply-all!
called Facebook.
That's not a "but", that's a because he still wants ... It's a beaten into him remorse. Probably even his own wife was yelling.
The public think FB is wonderful even for something as pathetic as "Messenger". Yet, email confuses them. Sigh!
for the win. :)
Right from the start, I was completely surprised that any school anywhere has ever allow them.
Luckily, the complete opposite is the real truth. Selfishness is vastly in the minority. Altruism is all that holds society together.
Sadly, it doesn't take many selfish types to make a mess. And the more machines at our command the less selfish types it'll take to kill everyone.
Roll on the three laws, me thinks.
Anyone who thinks it's okay to kill another human for any reason, against their will, is in this group.
Some people do think it's important to kill as many other people as possible. They like to start with the non-believers like yourself. The more kills, the bigger their score is.
And even then, that's only a selfish mindset in its own right. :)
The problem is it only takes one selfish person to ruin it for everyone else. For example, telling the machines to kill everyone else.
I was under the impression that lots of service craft come into contact on a regular basis. It's not hard to imagine organic material taking a ride on most of those. So it's just a question of how easy the contaminant transfer becomes.
Yeah, my experience is M$ is fully entrenched. So much so that no one even questions it any longer.
And I only put in the drop of 1% to account for Macs on the back of iPhone customers.
There is one big difference. Security does stop things working if done wrong, or just doesn't do anything at all. Whereas no matter how little effort is put into it, fuddling around with a paint brush always does something effective in practice.