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  1. Re:We have a grid on Sun Announces $100k Contest for Grid App Developers · · Score: 1

    That sounds kind of familiar.

  2. Re:Yes on Network Management Outsourced to India · · Score: 1

    Hey, I'll do it for $1. Just let them pay for my mansion, jet, lawyer, etc....

  3. Re:If you want job security.... on Network Management Outsourced to India · · Score: 1

    Not yet. You've forgotten about AI coding the AI ... coding the AI that controls the robots. The initial AI system will of course be created in India.

  4. Re:Chimps are NOT Monkeys!!! They are APES! on Well I'll Be A Monkey's Uncle · · Score: 1

    It's safe to call apes monkeys as long as you're not referring to orangutan librarians.

  5. Re:In other news... on UK Government Wants Private Encryption Keys · · Score: 1

    houses are used by criminals, paedophiles, and terrorists - we need access to your house keys.

    Actually this is where they simply install multiple cameras in every room of the house. After all, if you're not molesting little kids in your bathroom, you have nothing to hide.

  6. Yup, this explains a lot on Well I'll Be A Monkey's Uncle · · Score: 1

    "People, people, please remember, when you're having sex with a monkey, you're also having sex with every monkey that monkey has ever had sex with!" -Dick Dietrick, Night Stand.


    Yes, I know chimpanzees are not monkeys.

  7. Re:hmm on Google: The Missing Manual, Second Edition · · Score: 1

    Don't.you.mean."blank.stare"?

    The whole point was to avoid using the shift key. How did you type the question mark?

  8. Re:Wow I know something else on Google: The Missing Manual, Second Edition · · Score: 1

    The reviewer just didn't think things through. I've never heard of this type of search before, but it seemed common sense that adding another period to the end would make it work. And it did. /to.be.or.not.to.be./

  9. Re:Too Soon on Too Soon For A Columbine Videogame? · · Score: 1

    Mark, out of curiosity, what would be your reaction to a game where the main character is a psycho whose goal is to rape/torture your real life loved ones (rendered from real life photos of course) in as painful a manner as possible? Would you shrug it off as "just another video game" and go on with your life without another thought on the matter?

  10. Re:Computational Linguistics on Baby Meets Big Brother For Science · · Score: 1

    On the question of sentience: it may be required, but if it is, so what? That's all part of the plan as it is. Self-aware systems are one of the goals that are related to this line of work.

    I'm wondering, does anyone working towards self-aware systems consider implementing anything similar to Asimov's 3 Laws? I mean, a true AI with an internet connection could quite easily be the worst thing that ever happens to humanity (or the best, but it's the worst that needs to be prepared for.) I have the sneaking suspicion that no many doing "real" AI research seriously consider this type of threat, delegating it to the realm of sci-fi.

    And yes I know that Asimov's laws are full of holes, but I'm sure coming up with something that can be mathematically proven to work would be relatively easy compared to developing the AI that requires it.

  11. Re:Dunno about you... on Too Soon For A Columbine Videogame? · · Score: 1

    How about a tactical strategy game where you control several faculty members and/or students and must try to limit the number of victims to as low as possible? Should be relatively realistic - no knocking a shooter out with a thrown piece of chalk (though it could serve as a last-ditch distraction attempt.)

  12. Re:Computational Linguistics on Baby Meets Big Brother For Science · · Score: 1

    And what if it turns out that sentience is required for this kind of learning? I'm really not sure if simply knowing a language's grammar structure should count as knowing the language.

  13. Re:Ah Ain't No Crook on Reporter Phone Records Being Used to Find Leaks · · Score: 1

    It's really sad that it only takes ~18% of the population to elect a President. In these days, it would only take someone in the electronic voting machine industry, or a hacker or two.

  14. Re:where's the al-queda connection? on Reporter Phone Records Being Used to Find Leaks · · Score: 1

    I'm leaning toward's "The People's States of America" myself.

  15. Re:Click on dubious links... on The Dark Side of Paid Search · · Score: 1

    And something tells me that you could have easily come up with an explanation if the results had been different.

  16. Re:Band-aid on a gunshot wound. on Congress To Restrict Social Security Number Use · · Score: 1

    I graduated from a state University 3 years ago, and it was the same. The SSN was your ID, but you had to put on every assignment you handed in, not just tests. You could request your ID to be changed to another number, but few people did it.

  17. Re:What? on The World's Largest Scavenger Hunt Returns · · Score: 1

    Hmm, so if in previous hunts they've been building some of the items themselves....

  18. Re:Brave New China? on Self-Censoring 'Chinese Wikipedia' Launched · · Score: 1

    Hey, it beats Re-Neducation!

  19. Six degrees of Al-Zarqawi on The NSA Knows Who You've Called · · Score: 1

    So, how many Americans would suddenly become "suspected terrorists"?

  20. Those silly Japanese.... on Japan to Sponsor International Manga Contest? · · Score: 1

    Don't they know that it's not manga if it's created outside of Japan? I have that on the best authority from Issue #247 of Japanophile Monthly.

  21. Re:Tentacles indeed on Day of the Robotic Tentacle · · Score: 1

    It only takes on experience to burn into your mind the meaning of "NSFW." Mine was a couple years back.

  22. Re:a permenant mind f*ck on 10 Years of Neon Genesis Evangelion · · Score: 1

    EoE was the full alternate ending

    Actually if you watch the last two episodes after seeing EoE, you'll notice plenty of connections between the two (a flash of Unit 02 under water, dead Misato leaning against a wall, etc.) There is a theory floating around that they are both different views of the same ending.

  23. Re:Bwahahaha!!! on I Was Young And I Needed The Money · · Score: 1

    You have gained a level and aquired an extra hentacle.

  24. Re:Bring back Wasteland! on Forthcoming MMORPGs · · Score: 1

    Or how about Fallout Online?

  25. Re:bad analogy on The Future of the Internet · · Score: 1

    How about if Exxon started charging automobile manufactorers for the gas its gas stations sell to drivers? If Honda decides not to pay, all Honda vehicles filling up at Exxon stations will get a certain percentage of sugar in their tanks.