Heh, this reminds me of my 5th grade homeroom teacher. She was teaching us that 1 square meter = 100 square centimeters. I had to draw a diagram to prove to her that she was wrong. When she finally understood she told me that I'm right, but I should sit down and not mention it to the rest of the class.
It's still up to the retailer. Recommended is just that - recommended. I've seen tons of bookstores have sales. I doubt they had to clear the sales with the publishers.
This is why I'm agnostic. Until you can prove to me either way that everything we know today is all there is to know (there is nothing left unexplained), I'm going to continue to believe that I have no fucking idea what we are going to learn about in the future. What tidbit of information are we going to glean tomorrow that chips away at one of the infinite definitions for "God"?
My point is this: either until God manifests himself in whatever form happens to fit our definition, or until we can prove that we know all there is to know, I will remain curious, but nothing more.
Personally, I'm the kind of agnostic who believes that there is no way to prove that everything that we "know" is true, and even if some seemingly all powerful being manifests and claims to be God, there would be no compelling reason to believe him/her/it. This Star Trek's Qs. Any one of them could do a convincing act as the Lord and Savior. Of course, any one of them would also have the power to actually create a Universe. Still, why should we believe anything someone like that says?
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Shouldn't you be apologizing to cave men? God dammit, people see racism on TV and jump to imitating.....
Personally, I believe we are hardwired to go along with the majority. Think about it - wherever there's a majority, that majority believes what the majority in that area believes! It's an undeniable fact!
Also, what about the $68,000 fine he was forced to pay (according to wikipedia) for something that "never happened"? Can he report it as a robbery and get his money back?
I think homosexuality is at least partly a choice. It's not like a 100% "you're gay or you're not" thing. Some people are more predetermined to like that sort of thing than others, and depending where you fall on that scale, being "sex-starved" can make a lot of difference. Just look at prisons - do you really think that everyone who either willingly participates in gay sex or rapes another prisonmate was gay before being incarcerated?
I know how it applies to DRM (thanks Wikipedia!), but are people actually implying that Microsoft intentionally designed Vista to be worse than MacOS and even XP? Unless "defective by design" here means "defective design" instead of "designed to be defective", in which case we're overloading terms. Do we really want the term to split into "defectivebydesignasinwindowsbutnotdrm" and "defectivebydesignasinipod"?
FCC Suit 1: Gentlemen, we got 20 calls about the David Hyde-Pierce incident. And as you know, one call equals a billion people, which means 20 billion people were offended by this. Needless to say, something must be done. FCC Suit 2: Perhaps we should ask the chairman. FCC Suit 1: Good idea. (to the chairman) Uh, sir, we're wondering what course of action you recommend regarding the Hyde-Pierce incident. Cobra Commander (the chairman): You have to censor television, you fools!! Now, follow my orders!
He's an informer of the worst kind. What's the difference between this guy and people who spied on their neighbours for the gestapo and stasi? He did it for the children? Keep telling yourself that when your frienda and neighbours start getting hauled away on fantasy charges.
Your analogy to "a guy who spies on his neighbors" would be more accurate if the neighborhood in question was a well known mafia den. According to the articles at least, he released his trojan in pedophile usenet rooms. Still illegal, but not anywhere near to as morally wrong as if he took over random unprotected systems he comes across.
The solution is quite simple. Develop a retro-virus which turns humans into mice, cure the cancer, and then work on turning the healthy mice human again.
As far as we know, the only parts of 1984 and I, Robot which are "far off" are the timeframes, and parts of 1984 are becoming more and more probable in this "post 911 world." The technology in BTFII, aside from the time machine and Mr. Fusion, is probably not that far off either. The only thing really that keeps us from having flying cars is safety and affordability.
As for "Last Question", which parts of it are you really considering out of the realm of possibility? You realize that the ending is open to interpretation, right?
Bring Rocket Jockey to Open Source. A version with updated graphic that you can play on modern systems without jumping through hoops (outside of the game) would be awesome.
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Heh, this reminds me of my 5th grade homeroom teacher. She was teaching us that 1 square meter = 100 square centimeters. I had to draw a diagram to prove to her that she was wrong. When she finally understood she told me that I'm right, but I should sit down and not mention it to the rest of the class.
It's still up to the retailer. Recommended is just that - recommended. I've seen tons of bookstores have sales. I doubt they had to clear the sales with the publishers.
They're basically saying the current health of the cattle outweighs the health of people.
No, they're saying the current health of certain bank accounts and stock portfolios outweighs the health of people.
This is why I'm agnostic. Until you can prove to me either way that everything we know today is all there is to know (there is nothing left unexplained), I'm going to continue to believe that I have no fucking idea what we are going to learn about in the future. What tidbit of information are we going to glean tomorrow that chips away at one of the infinite definitions for "God"?
My point is this: either until God manifests himself in whatever form happens to fit our definition, or until we can prove that we know all there is to know, I will remain curious, but nothing more.
Personally, I'm the kind of agnostic who believes that there is no way to prove that everything that we "know" is true, and even if some seemingly all powerful being manifests and claims to be God, there would be no compelling reason to believe him/her/it. This Star Trek's Qs. Any one of them could do a convincing act as the Lord and Savior. Of course, any one of them would also have the power to actually create a Universe. Still, why should we believe anything someone like that says?
Shouldn't you be apologizing to cave men? God dammit, people see racism on TV and jump to imitating.....
Personally, I believe we are hardwired to go along with the majority. Think about it - wherever there's a majority, that majority believes what the majority in that area believes! It's an undeniable fact!
Also, what about the $68,000 fine he was forced to pay (according to wikipedia) for something that "never happened"? Can he report it as a robbery and get his money back?
That would be ideal. Unfortunately in the real world you probably won't have the opportunity to show such merit without claims to a piece of paper.
Yes, he's sure showed his merit to the world now. I think we already have enough misinformation in the media, don't you?
I think homosexuality is at least partly a choice. It's not like a 100% "you're gay or you're not" thing. Some people are more predetermined to like that sort of thing than others, and depending where you fall on that scale, being "sex-starved" can make a lot of difference. Just look at prisons - do you really think that everyone who either willingly participates in gay sex or rapes another prisonmate was gay before being incarcerated?
I know how it applies to DRM (thanks Wikipedia!), but are people actually implying that Microsoft intentionally designed Vista to be worse than MacOS and even XP? Unless "defective by design" here means "defective design" instead of "designed to be defective", in which case we're overloading terms. Do we really want the term to split into "defectivebydesignasinwindowsbutnotdrm" and "defectivebydesignasinipod"?
The writers for 24 may not know much about technology, but seems they have human nature pegged.
The best part is that depending on the list size and the pseudo-rng, you could get stuck in a pattern where the list NEVER gets sorted!
I thought we were supposed to be comparing it with the Eurofighter?
FCC Suit 1: Gentlemen, we got 20 calls about the David Hyde-Pierce incident. And as you know, one call equals a billion people, which means 20 billion people were offended by this. Needless to say, something must be done.
FCC Suit 2: Perhaps we should ask the chairman.
FCC Suit 1: Good idea. (to the chairman) Uh, sir, we're wondering what course of action you recommend regarding the Hyde-Pierce incident.
Cobra Commander (the chairman): You have to censor television, you fools!! Now, follow my orders!
-Family Guy, PTV
He's an informer of the worst kind. What's the difference between this guy and people who spied on their neighbours for the gestapo and stasi? He did it for the children? Keep telling yourself that when your frienda and neighbours start getting hauled away on fantasy charges.
Your analogy to "a guy who spies on his neighbors" would be more accurate if the neighborhood in question was a well known mafia den. According to the articles at least, he released his trojan in pedophile usenet rooms. Still illegal, but not anywhere near to as morally wrong as if he took over random unprotected systems he comes across.
Personally I'd vote for Harrison Ford, with Aerosmith as his crew.
You're right, we can't trust sci-fi to give us all the answers. Instead, watch this documentary.
7x24 = 148 hours a week.
Methinks you should stop trying to do math in your head.
But yeah, it's still hard to believe.
Wouldn't any self-respecting quantum computer merely give you the probability space of the answer?
The problems usually boil down to either delivery missions or kill missions.
And what are "kill missions" but delivery missions with fatal payloads?
The solution is quite simple. Develop a retro-virus which turns humans into mice, cure the cancer, and then work on turning the healthy mice human again.
That's what jury nullification is for.
If the men who created God created him in their own image, they must have been unusually evil men.
Since when have narcissism, revenge, and "might = right" mentality been unusual in human history?
As far as we know, the only parts of 1984 and I, Robot which are "far off" are the timeframes, and parts of 1984 are becoming more and more probable in this "post 911 world." The technology in BTFII, aside from the time machine and Mr. Fusion, is probably not that far off either. The only thing really that keeps us from having flying cars is safety and affordability.
As for "Last Question", which parts of it are you really considering out of the realm of possibility? You realize that the ending is open to interpretation, right?
Bring Rocket Jockey to Open Source. A version with updated graphic that you can play on modern systems without jumping through hoops (outside of the game) would be awesome.