Lawrence had ordained that Prime Intellect could not, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. But he had not realized how much harm his super-intelligent creation could perceive, or what kind of action might be necessary to prevent it.
Caroline has been pulled from her deathbed into a brave new immortal Paradise where she can have anything she wants, except the sense that her life has meaning.
Now these two souls are headed for a confrontation which will force them to weigh matters of life and death before a machine that can remake -- or destroy -- the entire Universe.
..."the Suspended-load Backpack, a piece of gear that will one day enable field scientists, hikers, explorers, soldiers, and disaster workers to convert mechanical energy generated by walking with a heavy load on their backs into electricity."
Doesn't seem pointless to me.
You miss the point.
The GP isn't saying that you being able to override his stylesheet is a bad thing. He is saying that if the CSS calls for a dashed line, that is what a browser should render. (User stylesheets, mobiles phones, text browsers etc apart)
If I code a standards compliant site and look at it in FireFox, Opera and IE then it should look the same in all of them. Not have the same line dotted, dashed or solid, depending on what the developers thought was best.
Did you consider that many people can't just afford to give food away?
You could probably fit £1000 of food in my car and it's only a small car. No way could I afford to give that much away. I could afford to sell it at or just below cost.
You then have the problem that people probably don't have money at the moment, or at all.
But that doesn't detract from the fact that I, and others, simply can't afford to give large quantities of food away. You may be able to, in which case go for it.
But it isn't just enemy satellites the US is talking about.
"SENIOR Pentagon officials have warned Brussels that they will not hesitate to blow European Union satellites out of the sky if they are used against America by a hostile power such as China..."
I think a reasonable analogy would be the Allies destroying Sweden's roads during WW2 to stop the Germans using them to get to Norway. Don't you think this would be an act of war?
(I could only find this article 3rd hand, but remeber the original.)
You are using a different definition of the words than he is. He even mentioned this in the article.
The original definition of amateur, and the one he is using, was - and still is - someone who does something not for money, but for love. In the same way a professional is someone doing work for pay.
When used in this way the words have nothing to do with the quality of the work.
And when these definitions are used, amateur becomes synonymous with motivated, and to a lesser degree, professional with unmotivated.
Maybe I generalised a bit much, but it depends on the music you like. I've never heard anything I like on the radio, and whenever I go to a music shop they don't even have it, let alone have it available to listen to.
If you want to give things their proper names, at least get it right. It's copyright infringement.
And would you buy a car without taking it for a test drive first?
Granted, being able to try something before you buy it isn't that common. After all, when was the last time you were able to try a fridge before buying it? But then again, if you decide that the fridge you just bought isn't good enough, you can take it back.
A different example: Books. I don't think I've ever bought a book without reading at least a few pages first.
With music you can't try it first, and you can't return it afterward. Is that fair?
But once the data is on a hard drive you now have more than one machine that can read it.
And when that machine is about to be scrapped, I'd think that was a considerable advantage.
Whatever my views, whether the questions I want asked are asked or not, and whether I get the answers I want or not, I do want those questions to be answered.
I don't really care if their programmers worry about patents or not, but I want an answer to the question, not just a wishy washy non-answer you'd expect from a lawyer or politician.
Without the licence I couldn't give my friends copies of the book. With this licence I can, as long as I don't get paid for it, don't change it, and attribute the author.
Luxembourg may have voted for the constitution, but seeing that France and Holland had already voted against it it doesn't mean much at all. Certainly not that it's coming into force, which your post implies.
Slashdot Mirror
The Blurb:
Lawrence had ordained that Prime Intellect could not, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. But he had not realized how much harm his super-intelligent creation could perceive, or what kind of action might be necessary to prevent it.
Caroline has been pulled from her deathbed into a brave new immortal Paradise where she can have anything she wants, except the sense that her life has meaning.
Now these two souls are headed for a confrontation which will force them to weigh matters of life and death before a machine that can remake -- or destroy -- the entire Universe.
And just to aggravate things, most of the bus drivers in East Anglia (where I live) have gone on a week long strike.
Shanks pony to the rescue!
I would do, but they seem to have a problem with their ordering system. Obviously lots of interested UK Slashdotters...
..."the Suspended-load Backpack, a piece of gear that will one day enable field scientists, hikers, explorers, soldiers, and disaster workers to convert mechanical energy generated by walking with a heavy load on their backs into electricity." Doesn't seem pointless to me.
You miss the point. The GP isn't saying that you being able to override his stylesheet is a bad thing. He is saying that if the CSS calls for a dashed line, that is what a browser should render. (User stylesheets, mobiles phones, text browsers etc apart) If I code a standards compliant site and look at it in FireFox, Opera and IE then it should look the same in all of them. Not have the same line dotted, dashed or solid, depending on what the developers thought was best.
Selling food at a time like this is sickening?
Did you consider that many people can't just afford to give food away?
You could probably fit £1000 of food in my car and it's only a small car. No way could I afford to give that much away. I could afford to sell it at or just below cost.
You then have the problem that people probably don't have money at the moment, or at all.
But that doesn't detract from the fact that I, and others, simply can't afford to give large quantities of food away. You may be able to, in which case go for it.
(I assumed the gp was talking about individuals.)
"SENIOR Pentagon officials have warned Brussels that they will not hesitate to blow European Union satellites out of the sky if they are used against America by a hostile power such as China..."
I think a reasonable analogy would be the Allies destroying Sweden's roads during WW2 to stop the Germans using them to get to Norway. Don't you think this would be an act of war?
(I could only find this article 3rd hand, but remeber the original.)
You are using a different definition of the words than he is. He even mentioned this in the article.
The original definition of amateur, and the one he is using, was - and still is - someone who does something not for money, but for love. In the same way a professional is someone doing work for pay.
When used in this way the words have nothing to do with the quality of the work.
And when these definitions are used, amateur becomes synonymous with motivated, and to a lesser degree, professional with unmotivated.
So you really agree with him.
So I wasn't imagining things.
Maybe I generalised a bit much, but it depends on the music you like. I've never heard anything I like on the radio, and whenever I go to a music shop they don't even have it, let alone have it available to listen to.
Me? No one special. But I am part of society and it's society that decides these things.
But this is an unwinnable argument - from either side - so I'll leave it there.
If you want to give things their proper names, at least get it right. It's copyright infringement.
And would you buy a car without taking it for a test drive first?
Granted, being able to try something before you buy it isn't that common. After all, when was the last time you were able to try a fridge before buying it? But then again, if you decide that the fridge you just bought isn't good enough, you can take it back.
A different example: Books. I don't think I've ever bought a book without reading at least a few pages first.
With music you can't try it first, and you can't return it afterward. Is that fair?
But once the data is on a hard drive you now have more than one machine that can read it. And when that machine is about to be scrapped, I'd think that was a considerable advantage.
Well, you learn something new everyday. Thanks for pointing it out.
Just out of interest, how do you come to be so well versed in this?
Thor was, yes. Tor is 'The Onion Network' and has no mythological origins whatsoever.
The Ying-Yang is emphasising the fact that it can be used for good or bad, just like every other tool ever invented.
Whatever my views, whether the questions I want asked are asked or not, and whether I get the answers I want or not, I do want those questions to be answered.
I don't really care if their programmers worry about patents or not, but I want an answer to the question, not just a wishy washy non-answer you'd expect from a lawyer or politician.
(Only not caring for the purpose of this comment)
And if you watch the film you can see that they say "build [sic] entirely with BMS-380 MAX servos"
In which case you move them in the same way you do now? It's not rocket science...
The book is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License.
Without the licence I couldn't give my friends copies of the book. With this licence I can, as long as I don't get paid for it, don't change it, and attribute the author.
Luxembourg may have voted for the constitution, but seeing that France and Holland had already voted against it it doesn't mean much at all. Certainly not that it's coming into force, which your post implies.
Such a device already exists: TotalRecorder
I'm waiting for that to be trotted out by the government or some papers.
"Indeed, Gizmo is even asking for suggestions on a "cooler" name under which to operate."
Nope, he was right. If you have them your way round, it should be '...might not want to...'