..."there is no reason that discrimination on the basis of sexual preference should be permissable."
What if your sexual preferences run to minor children?
I am not flamebaiting or trolling, I am serious. "Sexual preference" and associated "discrimination" is purely a societal thing. In some societies, sex with underage children is acceptable, but homosexuality is not, and vice-versa in other societies. Ditto for bestiality.
Rather than try to have them make robots that move around and/or have any sort of autonomy, challenge their concepts of what a "robot" is and what it does.
In the strictest sense, a material handling system in a warehouse is a robot. Ditto for many assembly lines (or at least portions thereof), automatic sprinkler systems, traffic lights with vehicle sensors, and so on.
Urge them to come up with creative but practical "robots," not R2D2 or C3P0 clones.
If the strip or individual drawings are any good, make it available free to some relevant publications and buid a portfolio of published pieces, thus building a track record you can work off of when approaching paying markets.
When I came across "real "illumiphiles" like windows" in your post, I expected a Linux reference to follow. Funny, how the larger context of/. influences how we interpret meanings, even within the more focused context of the post subject.
Many egg forms as well as bacteria can exist intact in a cysted state for a very long time under surprisingly harsh conditions. From a USDA anthrax fact sheet: "When cells of B. anthracis escape from the animal's body through bloody discharges from the natural openings of the body after death, and are exposed to oxygen, they form spores. These spores are highly resistant to heat, cold, chemical disinfectants, and long dry periods. B. anthracis spores are reported to survive for years in the environment."
Would you people please get a clue. The issue is not what you DOWNLOAD, but what you UPLOAD. Outgoing traffic (spam, Trojan activiry, etc.) is the issue, not incoming.
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"Now if they were able to distinguish prime numbers from a random list of very lengthy primes and non-primes, then that would be something."
It's been a long time since I read the book, but I seem to recall that was the cxase with the twins. Non-primes elicited no response in them. Primes did, and the bigger the prime the more profound the response. They also recited huge primes not then available in any tables. An idiot-Savant thing, as I recall.
..."IBM has some incredible hardware and software people on staff..."
One of them is mentioned in the article--Rob Barrett. He's my son-in-law.
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One of the more fascinating cases in that book was twins (autistic, I think) who communicated with each other in prime numbers. The doctor got some very large prime numbers from a book and presented them to the twins. They were fascinated, and nodded in sage agreement with a couple of the numbers, and became pensive and even sad at others.
Amazing stuff. I'd love to know what those numbers communicated to them.
No, it is an ignorant idea. ALL spam has a spoofed FROM address. The only clue as to origin is the IP address in the header, which only identifies the owner of the address. If your server software is smart enough, you can bounce at server level back to the point of origin, or maybe to the absue@ or postmaster@ address for the domain.
Fascinating: Express a perceptions of the real world and get modded "Troll." Express an observation derived from real-world experience and get labeled "ignorant."
Strange, indeed. Approximately a quarter of a million people think my opinions have merit. Perhaps they are ignorant, too.
This is an excellent example of why Linux is not being adopted by the masses. Hard- and software compatibility is a major issue with Linux.
Noteworthy, too: As of this posting, this article has been up for two hours--and only 23 comments. Funny, how silent the Linux kiddies become when substantive discussion is afoot.
Guess what, chum: Some of us *are* "SOOOO important" that we must make our email address public. Otherwise it is hard as hell for readers to send Letters to the Editor, subscription address changes, etc.
On our company server, we delete all email sent from foreign servers (registered with APNIC, LACNIC, RIPE, etc.) and by so doing reduce our SPAM volume by 70-80 percent. Since we do not do business or communicate with persons from overseas, this is very effective and eliminates false postives inherent to conventional SPAM filters.
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We do not "put midgets" on horses. Jockeys climb on voluntarily and are paid for their services. They are paid professionals, not involuntary slaves. Helluva difference.
Criminals and the means of dealing with them are both inexhaustible resources. Fossil fuels are not. Therefore, doesn't it make sense to implement effective conservation measures while there is still something to conserve?
Unless effective alternative to fossil fuels are developed and implemented, exhaustion is inevitable and by extension so are the darkened streets, ergo the crime increase is inevitable--and irreversible. Or is it? Whatever we will do to address the crime problem when darkened streets are forced on us by exhaustion of energy resources, why cannot we implement them now?
Besides, street lights or the lack thereof neither prevent nor cause crime. They just influence where it occurs.
A *real* energy policy (as opposed to smoke-and-mirrors and feelgood measures) would evoke lots of screaming and hand-wringing from many quarters. The cities are the worst offenders, however, so I say go for them first.
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..."there is no reason that discrimination on the basis of sexual preference should be permissable."
What if your sexual preferences run to minor children?
I am not flamebaiting or trolling, I am serious. "Sexual preference" and associated "discrimination" is purely a societal thing. In some societies, sex with underage children is acceptable, but homosexuality is not, and vice-versa in other societies. Ditto for bestiality.
Where do we draw the line? Or do we?
Rather than try to have them make robots that move around and/or have any sort of autonomy, challenge their concepts of what a "robot" is and what it does.
In the strictest sense, a material handling system in a warehouse is a robot. Ditto for many assembly lines (or at least portions thereof), automatic sprinkler systems, traffic lights with vehicle sensors, and so on.
Urge them to come up with creative but practical "robots," not R2D2 or C3P0 clones.
My dos centavos.
Wow. Trolling has reached an all-new low.
Moments before this story appeared, I received the following email:
It is recommended by the Technical Support staff at Banta Publications that the Mac OS 10.3.9 upgrade NOT be applied at this time.
It seems to be causing general problems with a variety of software applications. Once the upgrade is complete, there is not an easy way to remove it.
If you have questions, please send an e-mail to xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.com.
(sigh)
Why do I expect less than insipid mopderation from the fools who lurk around Slashdot.
May your own prejudices be your judge.
Why wasn't this headed "Your Rights Online"?
If the strip or individual drawings are any good, make it available free to some relevant publications and buid a portfolio of published pieces, thus building a track record you can work off of when approaching paying markets.
When I came across "real "illumiphiles" like windows" in your post, I expected a Linux reference to follow. Funny, how the larger context of /. influences how we interpret meanings, even within the more focused context of the post subject.
Many egg forms as well as bacteria can exist intact in a cysted state for a very long time under surprisingly harsh conditions. From a USDA anthrax fact sheet: "When cells of B. anthracis escape from the animal's body through bloody discharges from the natural openings of the body after death, and are exposed to oxygen, they form spores. These spores are highly resistant to heat, cold, chemical disinfectants, and long dry periods. B. anthracis spores are reported to survive for years in the environment."
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More here http://www.usda.gov/homelandsecurity/anthraxfs.ht
Would you people please get a clue. The issue is not what you DOWNLOAD, but what you UPLOAD. Outgoing traffic (spam, Trojan activiry, etc.) is the issue, not incoming.
"Now if they were able to distinguish prime numbers from a random list of very lengthy primes and non-primes, then that would be something."
It's been a long time since I read the book, but I seem to recall that was the cxase with the twins. Non-primes elicited no response in them. Primes did, and the bigger the prime the more profound the response. They also recited huge primes not then available in any tables. An idiot-Savant thing, as I recall.
..."IBM has some incredible hardware and software people on staff..."
One of them is mentioned in the article--Rob Barrett. He's my son-in-law.
One of the more fascinating cases in that book was twins (autistic, I think) who communicated with each other in prime numbers. The doctor got some very large prime numbers from a book and presented them to the twins. They were fascinated, and nodded in sage agreement with a couple of the numbers, and became pensive and even sad at others.
Amazing stuff. I'd love to know what those numbers communicated to them.
Wrong. We're talking about *outgoing* bandwidth, not incoming.
No, it is an ignorant idea. ALL spam has a spoofed FROM address. The only clue as to origin is the IP address in the header, which only identifies the owner of the address. If your server software is smart enough, you can bounce at server level back to the point of origin, or maybe to the absue@ or postmaster@ address for the domain.
Fascinating: Express a perceptions of the real world and get modded "Troll." Express an observation derived from real-world experience and get labeled "ignorant."
Strange, indeed. Approximately a quarter of a million people think my opinions have merit. Perhaps they are ignorant, too.
When Linux can support ALL of my apps and hardware, I will accept it as a real OS.
This is an excellent example of why Linux is not being adopted by the masses. Hard- and software compatibility is a major issue with Linux.
Noteworthy, too: As of this posting, this article has been up for two hours--and only 23 comments. Funny, how silent the Linux kiddies become when substantive discussion is afoot.
Guess what, chum: Some of us *are* "SOOOO important" that we must make our email address public. Otherwise it is hard as hell for readers to send Letters to the Editor, subscription address changes, etc.
On our company server, we delete all email sent from foreign servers (registered with APNIC, LACNIC, RIPE, etc.) and by so doing reduce our SPAM volume by 70-80 percent. Since we do not do business or communicate with persons from overseas, this is very effective and eliminates false postives inherent to conventional SPAM filters.
We do not "put midgets" on horses. Jockeys climb on voluntarily and are paid for their services. They are paid professionals, not involuntary slaves. Helluva difference.
Try technocrat.net http://technocrat.net/ for a more mature "Slashdot."
url:http://www.undernet.org/?
Criminals and the means of dealing with them are both inexhaustible resources. Fossil fuels are not. Therefore, doesn't it make sense to implement effective conservation measures while there is still something to conserve?
Unless effective alternative to fossil fuels are developed and implemented, exhaustion is inevitable and by extension so are the darkened streets, ergo the crime increase is inevitable--and irreversible. Or is it? Whatever we will do to address the crime problem when darkened streets are forced on us by exhaustion of energy resources, why cannot we implement them now?
Besides, street lights or the lack thereof neither prevent nor cause crime. They just influence where it occurs.
A *real* energy policy (as opposed to smoke-and-mirrors and feelgood measures) would evoke lots of screaming and hand-wringing from many quarters. The cities are the worst offenders, however, so I say go for them first.