I mean, many of the things that I have done, for the past 40 years or so, are still running somewhere (from coffee machine to drive trains powering vehicles, from codes running on mainframe to embedded code), without Macbeth I still contribute my bit to the world
While all of that is very nice, it's a pity you haven't figured out a way to let Shakespeare contribute to you.
Fantastic. Another variation on "you didn't build that". This sort of rationalization has been going on for as long as the human race has been civilized -- the underachiever (or unlucky, or oppressed... choose your favorite flavor) making himself feel better by trivializing the achievements of exceptional people. If ANYONE can stand on the shoulders of giants, why aren't more people doing it?
In the far, far distant future another species will evolve enough to investigate and figure out what happened and be completely shocked at this appalling species which caused so much monumental destruction.
Actually, they'll probably repeat most of our mistakes long before they evolve far enough to avoid repeating them.
These are movies. They don't have to be plausible, just entertaining.
The AI experts aren't identifying movies that got it "right" or "wrong"; they're identifying movies that do or don't conform with their ideas on what AI will be like when it is finally achieved.
Exactly like every single other profession? Seriously. Name one job which doesn't encourage you to go in to work even when you are sick.
Uh... every job I've ever had for the past forty years. Management at every place I've ever worked has been far more likely to berate an employee for showing up with symptoms than for taking sick days.
It must be nice to have a job where you're not essential.
So your absence for a few days would be inevitably and irrevocably devastating to your employer's business? You must be quite the rare bird.
Some employees are very valuable, and a few are so valuable that their absence is a significant inconvenience. I'm sure they're missed when they take vacations, too.
The security classification of an item really isn't relevant. Although it would be an ITAR violation to export classified data, there are countless non-classified items on the ITAR list.
The goal, of course, is not to prevent this stuff from getting out -- people will sneak it out trivially and host it outside the US.
Sneaking ITAR-controlled data out and hosting it outside the US constitutes an "export". If the perpetrator is caught, they are subject to extremely onerous fines and federal imprisonment.
And state-level agency, or large terrorist organizations, could just send legal (on the surface anyway) visitors to pick it up, if they wanted to, which they don't.
ITAR doesn't work that way. Allowing foreign visitors, regardless of their legal status, to "pick up" ITAR-controlled data is an "export". Anyone allowing that to take place would be subject to extremely onerous fines and federal imprisonment.
Remember the size of cell phone batteries back in the day?
Back when they lasted a week on a charge?
"Back in the day" doesn't necessarily mean "the first mobile phone you had". Maybe he's referring to this, from 1973. Or maybe the Motorola DynaTAC, the first commercially available cell phone, from 10 years later, priced at $3995.. Both feature 30 minute talk time and 10 hours to recharge. At least the DynaTAC only weighed 1-3/4 lbs, down from nearly 2-1/2 lbs for the earlier prototype.
The new ones are chipped. But the replacement cycle on credit cards (mine are usually good for five years) is long enough that a lot of unchipped cards are still out there (about half of mine are chipped, the other half won't expire for a couple-three more years).
I received chipped replacements for my credit card and ATM card (different banks) roughly 3 years before the old cards were due to expire. Apparently some institutions aren't waiting so long.
That would literally be quite a stretch. Actually, it's more like 16 oz. or so for a healthy adult. But it's hard to blow things up with a pint of pee.
The article says that employees were let go due to falling revenue in 2013. In 2014 revenue rose and the former employees sued and won. The judgement forced the company into bankruptcy. The article says nothing about the laid off employees not getting paid.
I've had the 'starvation mode' discussion with people in the past. I lost 45 pounds at a rate of about 1-1/2 lbs/week by cutting my intake by an estimated 500 calories per day. There were people who responded essentially with "Can't be true -- after a couple of weeks your body would go into starvation mode and the weight loss would stop." While that might be true for some individuals with unusual metabolisms, it's not true in general. 500 calories is the difference between a burger and fries, and a burger and a side of fruit. Or the difference between a burrito slathered with sauce and cheese, and a salad. A year later, and the weight is still off; I have more energy, and my diet is definitely healthier by a long stretch.
I've never, ever heard someone choosing a phone based on it having iOS or Android.
Well then, let me introduce myself. A few months after my wife got an iPhone 4, I got one too, just so I could answer her "How do I...." questions. It didn't take long for the iGloss to wear off for me, so as soon as I qualified for a "free" (well, heavily subsidized) phone upgrade from our carrier, I ditched the iPhone in favor of a Galaxy S4 specifically for the capabilities of Android that just aren't there with IOS. The wife is still happy with her latest iPhone, and I'm still happy with my Samsung. To each his (or her) own.
Although it is believed that the melting of floating ice shelves will not raise sea levels, technically, there is a small effect because sea water is ~2.6% more dense than fresh water combined with the fact that ice shelves are overwhelmingly "fresh" (having virtually no salinity); this causes the volume of the sea water needed to displace a floating ice shelf to be slightly less than the volume of the fresh water contained in the floating ice. Therefore, when a mass of floating ice melts, sea levels will increase; however, this effect is small enough that if all extant sea ice and floating ice shelves were to melt, the corresponding sea level rise is estimated to be ~4 cm.
However, if and when these ice shelves melt sufficiently, they no longer impede glacier flow off the continent, so that glacier flow would accelerate. This new source of ice volume would flow down from above sea level, thus resulting in its total mass contributing to sea rise.
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Due, flue, accrue, and sue beg to disagree.
I mean, many of the things that I have done, for the past 40 years or so, are still running somewhere (from coffee machine to drive trains powering vehicles, from codes running on mainframe to embedded code), without Macbeth I still contribute my bit to the world
While all of that is very nice, it's a pity you haven't figured out a way to let Shakespeare contribute to you.
Fantastic. Another variation on "you didn't build that". This sort of rationalization has been going on for as long as the human race has been civilized -- the underachiever (or unlucky, or oppressed... choose your favorite flavor) making himself feel better by trivializing the achievements of exceptional people. If ANYONE can stand on the shoulders of giants, why aren't more people doing it?
Irregardless of you're opinion, it's a mute point.
Israel, China, and Pakistan already have military drones. Please, do try to keep up. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...
HP says wearables are as much a target for cyber criminals as muggers on the street.
Muggers are a target for cyber criminals? Who knew?
In the far, far distant future another species will evolve enough to investigate and figure out what happened and be completely shocked at this appalling species which caused so much monumental destruction.
Actually, they'll probably repeat most of our mistakes long before they evolve far enough to avoid repeating them.
You shouldn't weep for the future, because there isn't one.
Oh, there's a future. You just aren't going to be there for it.
These are movies. They don't have to be plausible, just entertaining.
The AI experts aren't identifying movies that got it "right" or "wrong"; they're identifying movies that do or don't conform with their ideas on what AI will be like when it is finally achieved.
Exactly like every single other profession? Seriously. Name one job which doesn't encourage you to go in to work even when you are sick.
Uh... every job I've ever had for the past forty years. Management at every place I've ever worked has been far more likely to berate an employee for showing up with symptoms than for taking sick days.
It must be nice to have a job where you're not essential.
So your absence for a few days would be inevitably and irrevocably devastating to your employer's business? You must be quite the rare bird.
Some employees are very valuable, and a few are so valuable that their absence is a significant inconvenience. I'm sure they're missed when they take vacations, too.
F14 is largely declassified
The security classification of an item really isn't relevant. Although it would be an ITAR violation to export classified data, there are countless non-classified items on the ITAR list.
The goal, of course, is not to prevent this stuff from getting out -- people will sneak it out trivially and host it outside the US.
Sneaking ITAR-controlled data out and hosting it outside the US constitutes an "export". If the perpetrator is caught, they are subject to extremely onerous fines and federal imprisonment.
And state-level agency, or large terrorist organizations, could just send legal (on the surface anyway) visitors to pick it up, if they wanted to, which they don't.
ITAR doesn't work that way. Allowing foreign visitors, regardless of their legal status, to "pick up" ITAR-controlled data is an "export". Anyone allowing that to take place would be subject to extremely onerous fines and federal imprisonment.
Remember the size of cell phone batteries back in the day?
Back when they lasted a week on a charge?
"Back in the day" doesn't necessarily mean "the first mobile phone you had". Maybe he's referring to this, from 1973. Or maybe the Motorola DynaTAC, the first commercially available cell phone, from 10 years later, priced at $3995.. Both feature 30 minute talk time and 10 hours to recharge. At least the DynaTAC only weighed 1-3/4 lbs, down from nearly 2-1/2 lbs for the earlier prototype.
I received chipped replacements for my credit card and ATM card (different banks) roughly 3 years before the old cards were due to expire. Apparently some institutions aren't waiting so long.
No sweat. You your meaning across.
About 3 beers. ;-)
That would literally be quite a stretch. Actually, it's more like 16 oz. or so for a healthy adult. But it's hard to blow things up with a pint of pee.
Well, the details of the lawsuit aren't public, but there are other grounds besides not being paid; for example, "abusive layoff". It's France.
The article says that employees were let go due to falling revenue in 2013. In 2014 revenue rose and the former employees sued and won. The judgement forced the company into bankruptcy. The article says nothing about the laid off employees not getting paid.
If combining a burger and watermelon makes you puke, you should see a doctor.
I've had the 'starvation mode' discussion with people in the past. I lost 45 pounds at a rate of about 1-1/2 lbs/week by cutting my intake by an estimated 500 calories per day. There were people who responded essentially with "Can't be true -- after a couple of weeks your body would go into starvation mode and the weight loss would stop." While that might be true for some individuals with unusual metabolisms, it's not true in general. 500 calories is the difference between a burger and fries, and a burger and a side of fruit. Or the difference between a burrito slathered with sauce and cheese, and a salad. A year later, and the weight is still off; I have more energy, and my diet is definitely healthier by a long stretch.
I've never, ever heard someone choosing a phone based on it having iOS or Android.
Well then, let me introduce myself. A few months after my wife got an iPhone 4, I got one too, just so I could answer her "How do I ...." questions. It didn't take long for the iGloss to wear off for me, so as soon as I qualified for a "free" (well, heavily subsidized) phone upgrade from our carrier, I ditched the iPhone in favor of a Galaxy S4 specifically for the capabilities of Android that just aren't there with IOS. The wife is still happy with her latest iPhone, and I'm still happy with my Samsung. To each his (or her) own.
Read the Bible and see just how fucked up that book is, and try to understand how that appears from an outsider's perspective.
Yeah. Maybe what's important isn't so much what the books say, but what the fanatical believers actually do.
Too bad the only floppies he wants are shareware. I still have the 5-1/4" media for Windows 1.0 that came with my first PC.
If you can call that "living." Think of the bacteria!
I believe you may have stumbled upon a new cause for PETA.
Rhode Island is supposed to be an island. The rising sea levels are only helping it to achieve its natural state!
Probably not enough rise to make that happen.
Although it is believed that the melting of floating ice shelves will not raise sea levels, technically, there is a small effect because sea water is ~2.6% more dense than fresh water combined with the fact that ice shelves are overwhelmingly "fresh" (having virtually no salinity); this causes the volume of the sea water needed to displace a floating ice shelf to be slightly less than the volume of the fresh water contained in the floating ice. Therefore, when a mass of floating ice melts, sea levels will increase; however, this effect is small enough that if all extant sea ice and floating ice shelves were to melt, the corresponding sea level rise is estimated to be ~4 cm.
However, if and when these ice shelves melt sufficiently, they no longer impede glacier flow off the continent, so that glacier flow would accelerate. This new source of ice volume would flow down from above sea level, thus resulting in its total mass contributing to sea rise.