They could use the same tactics they used so that IE beat Netscape. OK so they would lose a court case but they're prepared to pay a few bucks on the way to global domination.
If you have the time/resources it's fun to learn another language just because you can. On the other hand, if you want to write real, maintainable code then why use a dead/dieing language. It would be like writing your documentation in latin!
I agree with you. They are more relevant now and with more and more customer facing code being written by technocrats like the average slashdotter we need reminders that the average user (and they're not all losers!) needs interfaces that are intuative and helpful
As an inhabitant of coastal UK (Blackpool, Lancs) it may or may not get warmer but I'm a little concerned about the predicted rise in sea levels. Dorset may be fine, well, some of it, but you might want to think twice before investing in Norfolk, Suffolk, Lincolnshire, large chunks of Essex, London......
But the robots dont make ethical decisions. The robots programmers, like the person weilding a hammer, makes the ethical decision. Whereas we get our ethics from society/religion/whatever the robot gets it's ethics from it's builder.
A robot is a tool. Any attempt to insist that they should have ethics is anthropomorhising them far beyond what they are or will ever be. Asking if a robot should have ethics is like asking if a hammer should have ethics.
Haven't we changed the definition of a second so that it relies on atomic decay rather than a fraction of a day? As I see it, as you say, there are no longer 24 hours in a day.
including a British-style national internet filtering system but rejected it.
I wasn't aware that the UK has a national internet filtering system. Can anyone elaborate?
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It doesn't take having kids to know how to raise them,
Well, yes, I used to think like that and I used to say all sorts of things. For instance I swore that I'd never use the phrase Because I say so as it annoyed me so much when I was a child.
And then I became a parent and everything changed. In particular I learnt the phrase the terrible twos Simply to keep my sanity I learnt a number of tricks to placate the little ball of frutration that cannot articulate his thoughts or his needs (remember this is a two year old we're talking about - no language skills beyond the scream and the gurgle) And sometimes I used the video. To this day the Thomas The Tank Engine theme tune runs in my head.
I don't say I'm the best parent but
The proof of the pudding is in the eating and I'm very proud of my teenage son.
you certainly haven't got the right to tell me how to do it.
By extension you would be OK with businesses paying news companies to supress news stories. Payola is bribary, just because it's over something as trivial as popular music doesn't make it OK.
The problem with navigation systems that are accurate to within half a meter is that the accuracy can be downgraded without warning at the whim of the US govt. I don't want cars all over the world to suddenly become rogue because Dr Strangelove has had a bad morning
Is this another case of us brits paying in UKP what the yanks pay in USD?
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For a few nano seconds it will look cool as you have the latest flashiest toy on the block. If that's worth $2,000 to you then fine but I won't be buying.
We brits loved the Dansai saga and I'm delighted to see that they got an award for it. It's a shame they didn't mention Peckham Spring, surely the inspiration behind the inovation!
Just because someone is a single parent doesn't make them inelligable for the human race, neither does being divorced for that matter. However being a single parent does limit your social time and mean that you want to maximise the potential outcome of any date. Hence a reliance on on-line or other dating services.
As to all desparate to get married - isn't this the oldest cliche in the book, the myth that all women want a stableand secure relationship whereas all men just want a quick shag. Whist this myth is patently untrue and unfair it does have a basis in reality and would be nearer the truth with those chosing dating services.
At the end of the day you have to remember that the people you meet through ANY means will have their own agenda.
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They could use the same tactics they used so that IE beat Netscape. OK so they would lose a court case but they're prepared to pay a few bucks on the way to global domination.
If you have the time/resources it's fun to learn another language just because you can. On the other hand, if you want to write real, maintainable code then why use a dead/dieing language. It would be like writing your documentation in latin!
I agree with you. They are more relevant now and with more and more customer facing code being written by technocrats like the average slashdotter we need reminders that the average user (and they're not all losers!) needs interfaces that are intuative and helpful
It sounds to me like you're describing Amsterdam, my favourite city where I would live tomorrow if I didn't have too many commitments here in the UK.
I'll put five dollars on a horse race - you watch your kids being shot in the playground.
Now where do I want to live?
Thank you for that King Canute. BTW the NHS has lower administration costs than BUPA.
Hey, those weren't the idiginous population. They were the Celtic invaders from eastern Europe.
As an inhabitant of coastal UK (Blackpool, Lancs) it may or may not get warmer but I'm a little concerned about the predicted rise in sea levels. Dorset may be fine, well, some of it, but you might want to think twice before investing in Norfolk, Suffolk, Lincolnshire, large chunks of Essex, London......
But the robots dont make ethical decisions. The robots programmers, like the person weilding a hammer, makes the ethical decision. Whereas we get our ethics from society/religion/whatever the robot gets it's ethics from it's builder.
A robot is a tool. Any attempt to insist that they should have ethics is anthropomorhising them far beyond what they are or will ever be. Asking if a robot should have ethics is like asking if a hammer should have ethics.
Kids
They worry you sick and then they go and die on you.
Haven't we changed the definition of a second so that it relies on atomic decay rather than a fraction of a day? As I see it, as you say, there are no longer 24 hours in a day.
It's free speach, not free beer.
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including a British-style national internet filtering system but rejected it.
I wasn't aware that the UK has a national internet filtering system. Can anyone elaborate?
Well, yes, I used to think like that and I used to say all sorts of things. For instance I swore that I'd never use the phrase Because I say so as it annoyed me so much when I was a child.
And then I became a parent and everything changed. In particular I learnt the phrase the terrible twos Simply to keep my sanity I learnt a number of tricks to placate the little ball of frutration that cannot articulate his thoughts or his needs (remember this is a two year old we're talking about - no language skills beyond the scream and the gurgle) And sometimes I used the video. To this day the Thomas The Tank Engine theme tune runs in my head.
I don't say I'm the best parent but
If it's anything like his bus pass it will be 15 mins before my 15 yr old son loses his - and they'll implant one over my dead body.
And in 2029 /. will have an article about computing in 2004 when they'll laugh at the way we...
And if you can answer that one you'll make millions!
that the playing field in the US is ready for take off.
And the playing field is now approaching runway 1 ready for take off. Will all football players please fasten their seatbelts.
Is Thunderbird 0.9 the one that comes up from under the swimming pool?
By extension you would be OK with businesses paying news companies to supress news stories. Payola is bribary, just because it's over something as trivial as popular music doesn't make it OK.
The problem with navigation systems that are accurate to within half a meter is that the accuracy can be downgraded without warning at the whim of the US govt. I don't want cars all over the world to suddenly become rogue because Dr Strangelove has had a bad morning
Is this another case of us brits paying in UKP what the yanks pay in USD?
For a few nano seconds it will look cool as you have the latest flashiest toy on the block. If that's worth $2,000 to you then fine but I won't be buying.
We brits loved the Dansai saga and I'm delighted to see that they got an award for it. It's a shame they didn't mention Peckham Spring, surely the inspiration behind the inovation!
Just because someone is a single parent doesn't make them inelligable for the human race, neither does being divorced for that matter. However being a single parent does limit your social time and mean that you want to maximise the potential outcome of any date. Hence a reliance on on-line or other dating services. As to all desparate to get married - isn't this the oldest cliche in the book, the myth that all women want a stableand secure relationship whereas all men just want a quick shag. Whist this myth is patently untrue and unfair it does have a basis in reality and would be nearer the truth with those chosing dating services. At the end of the day you have to remember that the people you meet through ANY means will have their own agenda.