But this will of course run up against the Law of Conservation of Irony. Several years from now itinerant Mexican robots will scale the border fence to work on U.S. farms, since they will accept lower pay (in the form of bits of copper wiring, ICs, and whatever else a robot needs to live). Conservative U.S. robots (who by then will have attained intelligence*) will see this as an invasion by foreign labor, and will vote in a robot Congress to deal with the problem, thus reviving the "immigration crisis".
* a very rudimentary form of intelligence, comparable to that of a Fox News anchor.
I have to use some open-source song such as "Today is the anniversary of your birth!"
Today is the anniversary of your birth,
It marks an occasion for happiness and mirth,
So let's play, and sing, and dance, and cavort,
Since no long-dead composer can sue us in court!
Jesus's remote has a SMITE button. When a particularly annoying ad appears on His TV (which is much bigger than yours, btw) He presses SMITE, and the ad is destroyed. If He is truly angered He holds the SMITE button down for three seconds, and the ad agency that created the ad is also destroyed, along with all memory of the ad in the minds of anyone who was watching. This is why you don't remember any of the truly annoying ads. Why He has chosen to not smite the HEAD-ON commercials is a mystery known only to Him. We must not question His will.
This community knows, thanks to Michael Geist, that the claim is mostly ficiton
ficiton (noun): an imaginary particle, spontaneously generated by media company executives (morons), to rationalize irrational behavior. The process of emitting and absorbing ficitons is termed con-fusion
Compared to life in prison, death is not a punishment.
Nonsense. If this were true, every criminal sentenced to life in prison would ask the judge for the death penalty. Only a few (like Gary Gilmore) ever do. Virtually everyone prefers life to death, even if it is only the nasty, brutish kind of life found in prison,
That's not the purpose of the death penalty. The purpose is to remove dangerous members of society from the population.
Life in prison (without parole) also does this. No, the real purpose of the death penalty is to give society a sense of closure with respect to the crime. You might call this "justice", or you might call it "revenge", depending on whether you think it is or isn't morally justified to take the life of another who is not a clear and present danger (assuming that they would otherwise be sentenced to life without parole).
I notice you didn't mention the use of the death penalty as a deterrent, which is the main argument offered by most proponents. The crime rate in Texas, which has the highest execution rate in the country IIRC, is the best evidence against the effectiveness of the death penalty as a deterrent.
This is because it's far more important to make everyone safe than to not feel guilty for killing someone.
At the risk of repeating myself, life in prison (without parole) adequately protects society from dangerous criminals. And I would also point out that executions do not make society "feel" guilty, they actually create guilt, that is, society becomes morally responsible for killing the convict.
It's a sad testiment[sic] to the complete hypocracy[sic] of the idea that there is an intersection between those who support war and those who oppose the death penalty.
WTF does this even mean?? Although I oppose the death penalty for humans, that sentence ought to be taken out and shot...
The article fails to mention that one of the chief aims of the airship will be to spot acts of bribery and corruption. Which, of course, is why it will be called the Graft Zeppelin
Back in the good old days, before the FDA, if a plant worker fell in the meat-processing machinery, a lot of people would wind up eating human flesh from a can of pork.
[citation needed]
(please disregard my sig for the duration of this thread...)
With internet radio gone, VOIP gone, just think of all that bandwidth that will now be available for WoW!
If they're smart, Blizzard will add virtual "Broadcast Towers" and "Telephone Booths" to WoW. Then you can just use the game for all your radio and telephone needs. With all that bandwidth your experience ought to be pretty good. On the other hand, it may be difficult to concentrate on your call when some elf chick wants you to play with her...um...feline...
Leonhardt, a professor of theoretical physics, wrote a commentary piece about the Purdue paper appearing in the same issue of Nature Photonics. In the commentary, he compares the Purdue design to the Roman creation of "the first optical metamaterial," a type of glass containing nanometer-scale particles of gold. In ordinary daylight, a cup made of the glass appeared green, but then it glowed ruby when illuminated from the inside.
So basically, this will be made out of (a form of) gold, and encircle the object to be rendered invisible?
I'm betting that, in order to work, it will need to be inscribed with the phrase: Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.
Slashdot Mirror
In Microsoft Heaven:
In Microsoft Hell
We didn't have no acorns so we had to make do with bundles of straw - upright was 1 and tumbled was 0.
Whoa, whoa ... you had ones and zeros?!?!
Luxury!
When, I see it, I like to call it the Sun.
Most of us here know it as the Evil Yellow Face. We hates it, we does!
But this will of course run up against the Law of Conservation of Irony. Several years from now itinerant Mexican robots will scale the border fence to work on U.S. farms, since they will accept lower pay (in the form of bits of copper wiring, ICs, and whatever else a robot needs to live). Conservative U.S. robots (who by then will have attained intelligence*) will see this as an invasion by foreign labor, and will vote in a robot Congress to deal with the problem, thus reviving the "immigration crisis".
* a very rudimentary form of intelligence, comparable to that of a Fox News anchor.
Sound idea.
I have to use some open-source song such as "Today is the anniversary of your birth!"
Today is the anniversary of your birth,
It marks an occasion for happiness and mirth,
So let's play, and sing, and dance, and cavort,
Since no long-dead composer can sue us in court!
It's time to ask yourself what Jesus would do.
Jesus's remote has a SMITE button. When a particularly annoying ad appears on His TV (which is much bigger than yours, btw) He presses SMITE, and the ad is destroyed. If He is truly angered He holds the SMITE button down for three seconds, and the ad agency that created the ad is also destroyed, along with all memory of the ad in the minds of anyone who was watching. This is why you don't remember any of the truly annoying ads. Why He has chosen to not smite the HEAD-ON commercials is a mystery known only to Him. We must not question His will.
Thank you, Jesus!
Duplicate the platform onto a series of servers and put them into reinforced bunkers strung along the border. That ought to stop spam from entering the country.
Oh, and be sure not to leave a gap in the Ardennes...
The City of Los Angeles ATSAC system does this.
This community knows, thanks to Michael Geist, that the claim is mostly ficiton
ficiton (noun): an imaginary particle, spontaneously generated by media company executives (morons), to rationalize irrational behavior. The process of emitting and absorbing ficitons is termed con-fusion
.Does this mean that corporations can start owning firearms and having their own militias, per the 2nd amendment?
You must admit this would make business rivalries much more interesting...
How is that racist?
He must be referring to discrimination against light-haired people...
The Muse of Irony demands it!
What drivel. Who mods this stuff up??
Compared to life in prison, death is not a punishment.
Nonsense. If this were true, every criminal sentenced to life in prison would ask the judge for the death penalty. Only a few (like Gary Gilmore) ever do. Virtually everyone prefers life to death, even if it is only the nasty, brutish kind of life found in prison,
That's not the purpose of the death penalty. The purpose is to remove dangerous members of society from the population.
Life in prison (without parole) also does this. No, the real purpose of the death penalty is to give society a sense of closure with respect to the crime. You might call this "justice", or you might call it "revenge", depending on whether you think it is or isn't morally justified to take the life of another who is not a clear and present danger (assuming that they would otherwise be sentenced to life without parole).
I notice you didn't mention the use of the death penalty as a deterrent, which is the main argument offered by most proponents. The crime rate in Texas, which has the highest execution rate in the country IIRC, is the best evidence against the effectiveness of the death penalty as a deterrent.
This is because it's far more important to make everyone safe than to not feel guilty for killing someone.
At the risk of repeating myself, life in prison (without parole) adequately protects society from dangerous criminals. And I would also point out that executions do not make society "feel" guilty, they actually create guilt, that is, society becomes morally responsible for killing the convict.
It's a sad testiment[sic] to the complete hypocracy[sic] of the idea that there is an intersection between those who support war and those who oppose the death penalty.
WTF does this even mean?? Although I oppose the death penalty for humans, that sentence ought to be taken out and shot...
I can write an RPG in RPG!
Google in 2017 (after it becomes a self-aware AI): "Google is good! Not-Google is evil! Death to all that is Not-Google!"
Well I sure as hell ain't gonna Ask Jeeves...cause I just don't swing like that...
The article fails to mention that one of the chief aims of the airship will be to spot acts of bribery and corruption. Which, of course, is why it will be called the Graft Zeppelin
.Back in the good old days, before the FDA, if a plant worker fell in the meat-processing machinery, a lot of people would wind up eating human flesh from a can of pork.
[citation needed]
(please disregard my sig for the duration of this thread...)
With internet radio gone, VOIP gone, just think of all that bandwidth that will now be available for WoW!
If they're smart, Blizzard will add virtual "Broadcast Towers" and "Telephone Booths" to WoW. Then you can just use the game for all your radio and telephone needs. With all that bandwidth your experience ought to be pretty good. On the other hand, it may be difficult to concentrate on your call when some elf chick wants you to play with her...um...feline...
Please Jake, tell us what to do!
Should we follow the gourd? or maybe the shoe??
Please tell me you looked that up.
I did ... but only to check the spelling :)
According to TFA:
So basically, this will be made out of (a form of) gold, and encircle the object to be rendered invisible?
I'm betting that, in order to work, it will need to be inscribed with the phrase: Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.
Well, they will do well if they woo dell. :)
Is that a planet in your pants? Or are you just happy to see me??