Based on the post you were replying to, I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you meant to say "It has nothing to do with Lamarckism."
That's for the "How do I underline a sentence in Word" type of problem, not the "My computer slowed to a crawl, I get 10 porn pop-ups a second, and my credit card was used to buy parts for a robot girl" type of problem.
this theory has actually been proposed: That activating the LHC would actually destroy the universe, that is, the whole universe, even reaching back into the past. That would mean that the only possible universes are ones in which the LHC is never activated, which means that if we keep trying, implausible events will continue to occur, preventing the LHC from activating- after all, we're here now, right. That's _proof_ that the LHC will never be activated!
The universe does NOT need to actually reach into the past. As I've said in the previous story, and seen someone else mention in this one, this could be an example of a universe-level quantum suicide scenario. If activating the LHC destroys the universe (or at least human life), then the only universes where human life exists are ones where the LHC was never activated. That doesn't mean that LHC won't be activated in this universe, it just means we won't be there to notice it (but our doubles in other universes will be spared by absurd events.)
What if I don't want to have to take my phone with me everywhere around the house? It's bad enough having to remember to take it whenever I head out...
No, you're not throttled to 50%. You're throttled until your average reaches 50%. Perhaps that means that if you were at 70% for 15 minutes, you might be throttled to 30% for 15 minutes. Or 1% for a shorter period?
Comcast says that a throttled subscriber's connection that is forced into the lower BE quality of service queue "may or may not result in the user's traffic being delayed or, in extreme cases, dropped before PBE traffic is dropped."
So in "extreme cases", whatever those are, you'll be failing to download any file which takes > 15 minutes.
First they came for the murderers, I did not speak up because I was not a murderer. Then they came for the rapists, I did not speak up because I was not a rapist.
That said, I happen to be agnostic, and believe that Free Will is an illusion. If I am predestined to be picked as a juror for a murder trial, and I predestined to believe the prosecution's arguments, I may just be predestined to favor the death penalty in the case.
Was the Windows Firewall up? If not, how many of these viruses would've made it through the default Windows Firewall settings? Or were these all of the "double click this attachment" variety?
The original short stories were all about how the three laws had some unintended consequences. Have you read the robot detective novels? Those were mysteries. The last one in particular, Robots and Empire, involves a robot, all by itself, developing the Zeroth Law of Robotics. Which is pretty much the same law as the AI in the movie developed, except applied in a different manner.
Sure it's ridiculous, but again, let's face it, downloading mp3s for free on the internet is going to hurt artists.
Only if the downloader would've paid for songs if they weren't able to download them for free. So while its true that artists get hurt by this in general, not every download actually hurts.
Precisely, man. I want ongoing operations to be compromised. Ruined, even. Because they are illegal, immoral and wrong. If the government insists that it can break the law with impunity, how do they expect to govern? How do they expect to get juries to convict anyone, if nothing is really illegal as long as you want it bad enough.
But think of the children who would be nuked by terrorists if those operations were compromised! Do you want to be responsible for that? DO YOU????
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Based on the post you were replying to, I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you meant to say "It has nothing to do with Lamarckism."
That's for the "How do I underline a sentence in Word" type of problem, not the "My computer slowed to a crawl, I get 10 porn pop-ups a second, and my credit card was used to buy parts for a robot girl" type of problem.
As for "not thinking about consequences" isn't that what the women did as well? It seems they are just as guilty, else they'd not be pregnant
He probably told them he was on the pill and they believed him.
then the movie plays nicely on just 10-12Mbit adsl line.
I've been watching Hulu on 768kb...
Wow, what resolution is your desktop to use that as the wallpaper?
They haven't demonstrated any rational thought, as a nation, since proving in 1776 that they had no clue how to make tea. ^.~
Hey, have you ever made a cup of tea the size of Boston Harbor? I thought so....
So, when's the White Pride parade? I wanna celebrate my roots too!
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this theory has actually been proposed: That activating the LHC would actually destroy the universe, that is, the whole universe, even reaching back into the past. That would mean that the only possible universes are ones in which the LHC is never activated, which means that if we keep trying, implausible events will continue to occur, preventing the LHC from activating- after all, we're here now, right. That's _proof_ that the LHC will never be activated!
The universe does NOT need to actually reach into the past. As I've said in the previous story, and seen someone else mention in this one, this could be an example of a universe-level quantum suicide scenario. If activating the LHC destroys the universe (or at least human life), then the only universes where human life exists are ones where the LHC was never activated. That doesn't mean that LHC won't be activated in this universe, it just means we won't be there to notice it (but our doubles in other universes will be spared by absurd events.)
What if I don't want to have to take my phone with me everywhere around the house? It's bad enough having to remember to take it whenever I head out...
No, you're not throttled to 50%. You're throttled until your average reaches 50%. Perhaps that means that if you were at 70% for 15 minutes, you might be throttled to 30% for 15 minutes. Or 1% for a shorter period?
Comcast says that a throttled subscriber's connection that is forced into the lower BE quality of service queue "may or may not result in the user's traffic being delayed or, in extreme cases, dropped before PBE traffic is dropped."
So in "extreme cases", whatever those are, you'll be failing to download any file which takes > 15 minutes.
First they came for the murderers, I did not speak up because I was not a murderer.
Then they came for the rapists, I did not speak up because I was not a rapist.
Wait, what were we talking about again?
Atheism != Lack of Free Will.
That said, I happen to be agnostic, and believe that Free Will is an illusion. If I am predestined to be picked as a juror for a murder trial, and I predestined to believe the prosecution's arguments, I may just be predestined to favor the death penalty in the case.
You forgot toll booth traffic.
Was the Windows Firewall up? If not, how many of these viruses would've made it through the default Windows Firewall settings? Or were these all of the "double click this attachment" variety?
I won't believe this without pics.
Heh, my password manager is all post-its. Let them get at that through the intertubes!
2) More Glau. Hey. There's a reason they're called "Summer" movies.
I could live with that...
Great, now they just need to close down TorrentFreak, and piracy will be a thing of the past!
I'd support that.
The original short stories were all about how the three laws had some unintended consequences. Have you read the robot detective novels? Those were mysteries. The last one in particular, Robots and Empire, involves a robot, all by itself, developing the Zeroth Law of Robotics. Which is pretty much the same law as the AI in the movie developed, except applied in a different manner.
Sure it's ridiculous, but again, let's face it, downloading mp3s for free on the internet is going to hurt artists.
Only if the downloader would've paid for songs if they weren't able to download them for free. So while its true that artists get hurt by this in general, not every download actually hurts.
The movie was actually pretty good. It kept to the spirit of the I, Robot collection and the robot detective books.
Precisely, man. I want ongoing operations to be compromised. Ruined, even. Because they are illegal, immoral and wrong. If the government insists that it can break the law with impunity, how do they expect to govern? How do they expect to get juries to convict anyone, if nothing is really illegal as long as you want it bad enough.
But think of the children who would be nuked by terrorists if those operations were compromised! Do you want to be responsible for that? DO YOU????
For 20 quid i can get a 3g pay and go modem. No contract, no names, just cash.
Don't worry, those will be outlawed soon enough.