Human error led to situations where robots were caught in conflict between their explicit orders and the Laws, or they *seemed* to be breaking one Law - but only to obey another.
It sounds like these robots had the same problem as HAL in 2001...
Business as usual. It's really no different than Nixon, J. Edgar Hoover, etc. Only then it wasn't Al Quaeda(el queso, whatever). It was the the Black Panthers.
Jeez...a chicken in every pot and a different license for every program. Soon, a program will be 70% license and 30% code. I definitely have to find a way into the license business. Licenses...get 'em cheap right here...GPL, LGPL(Ladies GPL), GNU, Wildebeest(?), Sleepycat, Copycat...we got 'em all!
I hope somebody does. It's a perfect way to demonstrate the absurdity of it all. I wonder if people would start slant drilling into their neighbor's septic tank.
No, real baseball doesn't start until the post season:-) During the regular season, it's called "hanging out in a giant beer garden and enjoying the weather"
But I guess facts don't matter much to the sort of person who is more concerned about a worthless piece of human trash than the five-year-old boy...
Yeah, well, the fact is that there are thousands of five-year-old boys being shot, bombed, poked,burned, etc. But that's just colateral damage, right? Where's the concern for them? When it happens here, it's "horrible, criminal, villanous". When it happens in another country, it's "Eh, waddaya gonna do?" Considering how nasty, cruel, phoney the "pillars of society" can be, I feel pretty comfortable sharing my concerns for everyone equally.
jail time--we are a vengeful bunch aren't we? The state(republic?) of Texas murders more people than any other state.(I say murder because all killing is murder. Save the flames for another thread) Is their crime rate any lower than any other state? Of course not. But revenge is popular. We don't care how the other person reacts. But we got our revenge, and we like it! Let's use the jails for truly dangerous people. If we could bring back the practice of shunning, I think we could bring about real results. The fact is that spamming is profitable, and as long as it remains that way, it will continue(think prohibition, alcohol, drugs, etc.) The best we can and should do is to discourage people from buying from the spammers. Save the revenge for the "Superior Being" of your choice.
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Human error led to situations where robots were caught in conflict between their explicit orders and the Laws, or they *seemed* to be breaking one Law - but only to obey another.
It sounds like these robots had the same problem as HAL in 2001...
Business as usual. It's really no different than Nixon, J. Edgar Hoover, etc. Only then it wasn't Al Quaeda(el queso, whatever). It was the the Black Panthers.
"Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss..."
Finally I have a way to transport My, Robot
by Allen Parsons Project?
I'm a Mac and sometimes Linux evangelist. Will that get me out?
Wouldn't they just lay the old "recieving stolen property" thing on Person C? It seems you can get screwed by that no matter how innocent you are.
Maybe that's the deal. VOIP is too secure for the FBI to allow to become widespread. Am I paranoid enough?
Jeez...a chicken in every pot and a different license for every program. Soon, a program will be 70% license and 30% code. I definitely have to find a way into the license business. Licenses...get 'em cheap right here...GPL, LGPL(Ladies GPL), GNU, Wildebeest(?), Sleepycat, Copycat...we got 'em all!
The whole point is so that Americans have more disposible income to buy shit.
...and no time to enjoy it.
How will they even know if a computer programmer is a computer programmer?
They check your slashdot user ID number. If it's low enough, you're in. Just like the old draft lottery in the 70's.
Yeah, they keep changing that damn food pyramid all the time.
Here's MY pyramid. Haven't changed it in over 45 years: Top to bottom(somebody else can draw the pyramid)
hamburger(maybe with some lettuce, tomato(e), etc.)
liver suasage
Cheerios
Hostess cupcakes(with skim milk, of course)
I hope somebody does. It's a perfect way to demonstrate the absurdity of it all. I wonder if people would start slant drilling into their neighbor's septic tank.
Tin foil hat?...humbug! I'm getting a tin foil tent.(half way down page)
So Spirit is going for the martian land speed record? It might already have it, if Opportunity is a little slower.
No, most of the aruments are pretty consistant. Including yours. You argue for strong IP because YOU benefit from it, not because it's actually good.
Well, at least there is no prior art, if they don't count the ads made on Mir.
...shall require authorization and continuing supervision by the appropriate State Party.
So, it seems that the gov't owns the whole universe now. How quaint.
--Authorization, can't leave home without it.
No, real baseball doesn't start until the post season :-) During the regular season, it's called "hanging out in a giant beer garden and enjoying the weather"
a regular contract dispute to me. "Where's the beef?"
Considering it was all ACSI art, I would just download directly to the printer. Sure made the room noisy.
But I guess facts don't matter much to the sort of person who is more concerned about a worthless piece of human trash than the five-year-old boy...
,burned, etc. But that's just colateral damage, right? Where's the concern for them? When it happens here, it's "horrible, criminal, villanous". When it happens in another country, it's "Eh, waddaya gonna do?" Considering how nasty, cruel, phoney the "pillars of society" can be, I feel pretty comfortable sharing my concerns for everyone equally.
Yeah, well, the fact is that there are thousands of five-year-old boys being shot, bombed, poked
Then you can have cross-fire between two inocent parties. Microsoft and SCO anyone?
Microsoft and SCO? Innocent??
Yes. While setting my spam filters I would go to .mob rules?
jail time--we are a vengeful bunch aren't we? The state(republic?) of Texas murders more people than any other state.(I say murder because all killing is murder. Save the flames for another thread) Is their crime rate any lower than any other state? Of course not. But revenge is popular. We don't care how the other person reacts. But we got our revenge, and we like it! Let's use the jails for truly dangerous people. If we could bring back the practice of shunning, I think we could bring about real results. The fact is that spamming is profitable, and as long as it remains that way, it will continue(think prohibition, alcohol, drugs, etc.) The best we can and should do is to discourage people from buying from the spammers. Save the revenge for the "Superior Being" of your choice.
A good old fashioned branding with a hot iron might work.