You can't say "no". They can just take a swab of something you touched.. Everywhere we go, we leave a little something behind.
Bullshit, if they were able to get legally valid evidence like that, then they would. But clearly they can't, which is why they are asking for volunteers.
They're asking for one million bitcoins. It is debatable whether this counts as asking for money any more than asking for a thousand dollars in Monopoly money.
He didn't miss the reference, just the point of humor itself.. could be a robot posting, they're not known for their senses of humor.
Try him on:
The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping.
You can legally kill your own pet by taking it to the vet and asking for it to be put down, same with a cow you own. But you would definitely (and rightly) get in trouble if you were caught kicking your own dog or cow to death for the lulz.
don't forget about the burglars who fought for their right to burgle homes without being injured by the victim or the victim's property.
Yeah, that's one way of looking at it. If you're a fucking retard.
The fact that someone has broken one of society's rules (and will be punished for it by due process of law) does not mean they have given up all their other rights.
We do not generally allow prison guards to rape or murder prisoners at will, and neither should property owners have carte blanche to injure or kill someone just because they are committing theft. Self defence is a different issue, and both criminals and innocent property owners have that right.
"if we treat animals in inhumane ways, we become inhumane persons. This logically extends to the treatment of robotic companions"
Non sequitur, surely.
Not necessarily. I think there is something psycopathic about people who kick their car or vacuum cleaner when it breaks down. The point is that there is something wrong inside the person which the behaviour illuminates, not whether the object of their behaviour is alive or not.
Exactly, until such time as Robots have consciousness and feel pain from abuse, there is nothing inhumane about damaging a robot.
Now, you might have violated someone elses property rights by doing so, but if you own the robot, then there's nothing morally reprehensible about robot death matches.
You're missing the point that it isn't the "feelings" of the robot/animal that are the main issue, it's the effect on the human doing the damage. There is an argument that destroying things for the sake of it is unhealthily childish compared to creating things, certainly if you concentrate entirely on destruction with no balancing activities the other way.
If that sounds a bit tenuous, I just think that anyone who buys a forest and blows it up/chops it down for the sheer hell of it, until only a wasteland is left, has something wrong with them. (No, I don't care about "property rights").
Robot death matches are different, as you have spent time designing and building the robots, and afterwards will want to improve and build more. But if someone just gave you lots of robots as presents and you destroyed them all, that would be a bit weird.
What is interesting to me (as a non-American) is how the educational/religious/social system in the US seems to be able to brainwash even the poor and marginalised into thinking that they can become billionaires/President, in the face of all evidence to the contrary.
However, this American Dream will become evident as a mirage once enough people are permanently jobless.
I would recommend that everyone reads Oscar Wilde's "The Soul of Man Under Socialism" where he made similar points 120 years ago.
Iain M Banks's Culture novels and the Star Trek universe represent a futuristic version of these ideas too. Sadly, I can't see anything like this happening in my lifetime (the next fifty years or so) as the world seems to be turning away from anarchism/socialism and towards totalitarianism and the ever more pronounced concentration of wealth in the hands of a minority.
I'm inclined to agree with you about the 45% decrease in population being beneficial but the trick has always been choosing the 45% who are "made redundant", and who is doing the choosing.
If we just leave it until there's a violent revolution, the danger is that you'll have some Khmer Rouge style fruitbat Year Zero revolution and all the best and brightest will be the ones "made redundant".
If we are gonna avoid major wars and upheaval we are just gonna have to accept the fact that many individuals being born now, and I would argue quite a few living right now, will have to be paid to not work for the rest of their lives. Not because they are lazy or don't want to work
As someone who is lazy and doesn't want to "work" this can't come quick enough for me, but sadly I don't think it's going to be before I retire in twenty years or so.
The problem is, of course, that it will require a move towards some form of communism/socialism and I can't see that happening in places like the US without a serious revolution.
It would just be nice if we could learn from the lessons of history and prepare for the future in a more orderly and planned way, but this is almost certainly wishful thinking.
Don't get to far away from a power charging point. If you can't walk without the 'suit', you aren't going to be able to carry its dead weight to the power point.
No, it's OK, you can just swap the suit's battery for the one in your iPhone.
The sad part is that this Step 1 of yours should have happened back in the late 80's or early 90's, but everyone poo-poo'd robotics and computers and said it was bullshit that would never happen, and that I watched Aliens too many times.
People didn't "poo-poo robotics and computers" they just couldn't get them to work very well . There have been a lot of advances in both in the last twenty five years.
In a refreshing change from the normal staged "wow our product is awesome" PR photos, the effect here is somewhat muted by the fact that she has (a) two walking sticks and (b) someone behind holding her up.
I'm just damned glad I'm skinny. I can't gain weight if I try
I bet if you stayed in bed for a couple of months eating nothing but steaks and buckets of pasta and drinking a couple of gallons of beer a day you would.
I simply do not get stationary bikes. Has to be the most boring exercise possible.
No, that's swimming. At least on a stationary bike you can check out the hot babes/hunks around you. In a swimming pool it's just a blue blur, until you hit your head on the wall at each turn.
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I imagine that in this case they found blood or semen in places it would be unlikely to be left accidentally or innocently, e.g. her vagina.
You can't say "no". They can just take a swab of something you touched.. Everywhere we go, we leave a little something behind.
Bullshit, if they were able to get legally valid evidence like that, then they would. But clearly they can't, which is why they are asking for volunteers.
They're asking for one million bitcoins. It is debatable whether this counts as asking for money any more than asking for a thousand dollars in Monopoly money.
Putting a pet to sleep (even with a home brew method)
Getting them drunk on your home made rotgut and telling them to go for walkies on their own?
He didn't miss the reference, just the point of humor itself .. could be a robot posting, they're not known for their senses of humor.
Try him on:
The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping.
If he gets overly distressed or angry, shoot him.
You can legally kill your own pet by taking it to the vet and asking for it to be put down, same with a cow you own. But you would definitely (and rightly) get in trouble if you were caught kicking your own dog or cow to death for the lulz.
don't forget about the burglars who fought for their right to burgle homes without being injured by the victim or the victim's property.
Yeah, that's one way of looking at it. If you're a fucking retard.
The fact that someone has broken one of society's rules (and will be punished for it by due process of law) does not mean they have given up all their other rights.
We do not generally allow prison guards to rape or murder prisoners at will, and neither should property owners have carte blanche to injure or kill someone just because they are committing theft. Self defence is a different issue, and both criminals and innocent property owners have that right.
Well, I like pork better.
Pigs make a lot more of a noise at slaughter time than cows.
"if we treat animals in inhumane ways, we become inhumane persons. This logically extends to the treatment of robotic companions"
Non sequitur, surely.
Not necessarily. I think there is something psycopathic about people who kick their car or vacuum cleaner when it breaks down. The point is that there is something wrong inside the person which the behaviour illuminates, not whether the object of their behaviour is alive or not.
I'm fairly sure that most large electrical appliances have some form of consciousness, sufficient to give them a rudimentary sense of humour.
How else can you explain their ability to fail impressively just when the manufacturer's warranty has expired?
Exactly, until such time as Robots have consciousness and feel pain from abuse, there is nothing inhumane about damaging a robot.
Now, you might have violated someone elses property rights by doing so, but if you own the robot, then there's nothing morally reprehensible about robot death matches.
You're missing the point that it isn't the "feelings" of the robot/animal that are the main issue, it's the effect on the human doing the damage. There is an argument that destroying things for the sake of it is unhealthily childish compared to creating things, certainly if you concentrate entirely on destruction with no balancing activities the other way.
If that sounds a bit tenuous, I just think that anyone who buys a forest and blows it up/chops it down for the sheer hell of it, until only a wasteland is left, has something wrong with them. (No, I don't care about "property rights").
Robot death matches are different, as you have spent time designing and building the robots, and afterwards will want to improve and build more. But if someone just gave you lots of robots as presents and you destroyed them all, that would be a bit weird.
What is interesting to me (as a non-American) is how the educational/religious/social system in the US seems to be able to brainwash even the poor and marginalised into thinking that they can become billionaires/President, in the face of all evidence to the contrary.
However, this American Dream will become evident as a mirage once enough people are permanently jobless.
I would recommend that everyone reads Oscar Wilde's "The Soul of Man Under Socialism" where he made similar points 120 years ago.
Iain M Banks's Culture novels and the Star Trek universe represent a futuristic version of these ideas too. Sadly, I can't see anything like this happening in my lifetime (the next fifty years or so) as the world seems to be turning away from anarchism/socialism and towards totalitarianism and the ever more pronounced concentration of wealth in the hands of a minority.
I'm inclined to agree with you about the 45% decrease in population being beneficial but the trick has always been choosing the 45% who are "made redundant", and who is doing the choosing.
If we just leave it until there's a violent revolution, the danger is that you'll have some Khmer Rouge style fruitbat Year Zero revolution and all the best and brightest will be the ones "made redundant".
If we are gonna avoid major wars and upheaval we are just gonna have to accept the fact that many individuals being born now, and I would argue quite a few living right now, will have to be paid to not work for the rest of their lives. Not because they are lazy or don't want to work
As someone who is lazy and doesn't want to "work" this can't come quick enough for me, but sadly I don't think it's going to be before I retire in twenty years or so.
The problem is, of course, that it will require a move towards some form of communism/socialism and I can't see that happening in places like the US without a serious revolution.
It would just be nice if we could learn from the lessons of history and prepare for the future in a more orderly and planned way, but this is almost certainly wishful thinking.
Don't get to far away from a power charging point. If you can't walk without the 'suit', you aren't going to be able to carry its dead weight to the power point.
No, it's OK, you can just swap the suit's battery for the one in your iPhone.
Oh, wait...
I blame Apple for the inevitable carnage.
Quoting Reuters: 'The exoskeleton is activated by the wearer tilting their balance to indicate the desire to take a step.
So if you stand atop a cliff and look down, the thing takes a step forward? Nice.
Didn't the owner of Segway die exactly this way?
There is a very simple way of getting round that potentially fatal flaw: just don't stand right on the edge of a fucking cliff.
I hope you are joking.
I hope you are joking that you weren't sure he was joking.
The sad part is that this Step 1 of yours should have happened back in the late 80's or early 90's, but everyone poo-poo'd robotics and computers and said it was bullshit that would never happen, and that I watched Aliens too many times.
People didn't "poo-poo robotics and computers" they just couldn't get them to work very well . There have been a lot of advances in both in the last twenty five years.
In a refreshing change from the normal staged "wow our product is awesome" PR photos, the effect here is somewhat muted by the fact that she has (a) two walking sticks and (b) someone behind holding her up.
FWIW, most pub jokes take the form "there was a man stood at the bar..."
Now, take my mother-in-law....No, really, please take my mother-in-law.
I'm just damned glad I'm skinny. I can't gain weight if I try
I bet if you stayed in bed for a couple of months eating nothing but steaks and buckets of pasta and drinking a couple of gallons of beer a day you would.
You're just not trying hard enough.
I simply do not get stationary bikes. Has to be the most boring exercise possible.
No, that's swimming. At least on a stationary bike you can check out the hot babes/hunks around you. In a swimming pool it's just a blue blur, until you hit your head on the wall at each turn.
Why in the name of Saint Fuck of What The is this being modded as flamebait?
Got any pics, you gorgeous hunk of spunk? They don't have to be clothed, we're not shy here!
PS what's a 14% boyfriend? Do you mean 14 inches?