By mid-century, there will be 10 Chinese per Russian, with correspondingly sized economies.
Russia's true, long-term enemy is China.
Putin is too dumb to realize this, so he focuses on the fall of the Soviet Union rather than the loss of Siberia to China.
Here's what's coming:
After assuring China's oil supply, Russia will instigate war in the Middle East, to disrupt the supply of oil therefrom.
This will raise the price of Russia's oil, and hence its geopolitical influence.
It's how dictators think.
Count on it.
I've noticed authors with competing books will use "reviews" to bad-mouth a book and promote their own book.
I've also noticed that when a conservative publishes an excellent book with, say, 35 5-star reviews, there will be a few 1-star reviews that claim the book is terrible, presumably posted by left-wing operatives trying to kill sales of the book.
Why don't a drone self-destruct after descending below a certain altitude, at GPS coordinates other than those of the location where it is suppose to land.
This is the pretext for socialist governments to force taxpayers to pay for everyone's Internet connection — broadband, of course.
They will need computers, of course, so taxpayers will pay for those.
Etc., etc.
Once strong AI apps hit the market, all of you will be out of jobs.
Imagine AI-based posters posting on Slashdot, millions of posts per hour. Only other AI would be able to keep up with the threads.
Intentionally bringing an evolutionary throwback into the world is an act of scientific sadism.
Imagine yourself a child unable to fit it, and then learning that you were instantiated merely to satisfy a sociopath's curiosity.
Have we returned to the 1930s?
Google repatriating its profits without the Federal Government taxing them away?
Heaven forfend!
If untaxed, Google's money would just be invested in the American private sector, where it would create jobs. Or it might be lent to the Federal Government.
Can't have that.
After all, it's better for workers not to find jobs, to depend on the government (i.e., the American taxpayers).
And it's better for the Federal Government to borrow capital from China and other countries with America's best interests at heart.
Fine, as far as it goes. But in a few years, strong AI will disintermediate mathematicians. Imagine the equivalent of thousands of journals being published every minute by millions of strong AI-based computers running around the world. What then?
Suppose that future humans decide to use historical genomes to reincarnate past humans.
Would you want your body restored? If so, you'd better have your chromosomes sequenced.
Hackers know that if you leave a dozen or so thumb drives around the parking lot of a target company, at least one person will be unable to resist looking to see what's on it.
American companies are seen as cash cows in Europe. Microsoft, Google, and others have been subjected to sundry relatively frivolous suits, merely to extract cash from them. The companies must not have bribed the right Europeans.
Imagine what's next. Real-time, 24x7 monitoring of the entire solar system, as well as the interior of our bodies, including our minds.
We'll need custom programs to keep out the vast majority of information beyond our ability or desire to process, but we'll have a much better awareness of our precise situation, which will improve our evolutionary survivability.
I wonder if any tech companies are looking this far ahead.
Would one of you please provide some non-wonk information useful to average users.
How to disable Java?
What effects will that have on the browser, operating system, and apps, if any.
What millions of users have now is a warning to disable Java, without any idea of the effect it will have on their system.
Slashdot Mirror
1959, Tibet
By mid-century, there will be 10 Chinese per Russian, with correspondingly sized economies. Russia's true, long-term enemy is China. Putin is too dumb to realize this, so he focuses on the fall of the Soviet Union rather than the loss of Siberia to China.
Here's what's coming: After assuring China's oil supply, Russia will instigate war in the Middle East, to disrupt the supply of oil therefrom. This will raise the price of Russia's oil, and hence its geopolitical influence. It's how dictators think. Count on it.
Will a punishment prize be awarded?
Watson will end IBM's problems because it will put IBM (and others) out of business.
What you subsidize, you get more of, though not economically.
I've noticed authors with competing books will use "reviews" to bad-mouth a book and promote their own book. I've also noticed that when a conservative publishes an excellent book with, say, 35 5-star reviews, there will be a few 1-star reviews that claim the book is terrible, presumably posted by left-wing operatives trying to kill sales of the book.
Why don't a drone self-destruct after descending below a certain altitude, at GPS coordinates other than those of the location where it is suppose to land.
Gary Kildall's CP/M family of operating systems, which bootstrapped the whole PC industry.
This is the pretext for socialist governments to force taxpayers to pay for everyone's Internet connection — broadband, of course. They will need computers, of course, so taxpayers will pay for those. Etc., etc.
Once strong AI apps hit the market, all of you will be out of jobs. Imagine AI-based posters posting on Slashdot, millions of posts per hour. Only other AI would be able to keep up with the threads.
In other words, the Party of Thieves. How admirable.
Intentionally bringing an evolutionary throwback into the world is an act of scientific sadism. Imagine yourself a child unable to fit it, and then learning that you were instantiated merely to satisfy a sociopath's curiosity. Have we returned to the 1930s?
Google repatriating its profits without the Federal Government taxing them away? Heaven forfend! If untaxed, Google's money would just be invested in the American private sector, where it would create jobs. Or it might be lent to the Federal Government. Can't have that. After all, it's better for workers not to find jobs, to depend on the government (i.e., the American taxpayers). And it's better for the Federal Government to borrow capital from China and other countries with America's best interests at heart.
Fine, as far as it goes. But in a few years, strong AI will disintermediate mathematicians. Imagine the equivalent of thousands of journals being published every minute by millions of strong AI-based computers running around the world. What then?
Suppose that future humans decide to use historical genomes to reincarnate past humans. Would you want your body restored? If so, you'd better have your chromosomes sequenced.
Polaris is a sneaky, underhanded, deceitful star, not to be trusted. Fortunately, in about 15,000 years, it will no longer be the north star. Sir Alop
Hackers know that if you leave a dozen or so thumb drives around the parking lot of a target company, at least one person will be unable to resist looking to see what's on it.
You people in California are breathing some of that Beijing pollution.
American companies are seen as cash cows in Europe. Microsoft, Google, and others have been subjected to sundry relatively frivolous suits, merely to extract cash from them. The companies must not have bribed the right Europeans.
A natural application for a transporter.
Imagine what's next. Real-time, 24x7 monitoring of the entire solar system, as well as the interior of our bodies, including our minds. We'll need custom programs to keep out the vast majority of information beyond our ability or desire to process, but we'll have a much better awareness of our precise situation, which will improve our evolutionary survivability. I wonder if any tech companies are looking this far ahead.
How easy it will be to commandeer another's life by hacking their master controller (i.e., smart phone). Centralization of control invites attack.
Would one of you please provide some non-wonk information useful to average users. How to disable Java? What effects will that have on the browser, operating system, and apps, if any. What millions of users have now is a warning to disable Java, without any idea of the effect it will have on their system.
In fact, the biggest cosmic structure ever seen is the universe itself. Obviously.