No. I had to Google her to find out who she was. I think Rupert Murdoch has been on a lot of people's radar for a long while and he's finally a piñata that is within reach.
Any species that has gained intelligence should be striving to get off the rock they're on and off into space as fast as possible, all our eggs are in one basket right now.
Lucky for me I'm too stupid to get off of 'this rock'.
Perhaps there is a political element to all this fuss.
Wasn't one of the former News of the World editors the right-hand man of a high ranking politician in the UK? I'm sure that former editor has stories to tell on both sides of this.
People forget the power wealthy people have, especially one who owns most of the media.
I doubt it will impact him past a year.
But the Murdochs are hated by many, including those in the media industry. They smell blood and the Murdochs are the chum de jour. I wouldn't be surprised if their phones have been hacked recently by a competitor.
I don't think Murdoch's company was the only one to use phone hacking. I bet we'll see other media companies getting hit with similar accusations (and maybe even companies that like to harass or sue the public).
"X(s) can't produce Y, and someone else thinks Z can produce Y?" You fail logic.
Um, no. Basically, he's talking about a 'perpetual intelligence machine' (which I'm sure violates one of the laws of thermodynamics) fueled by the educational system (which is running out of money). This is the same system that is demonizing teachers as greedy, unqualified babysitters. As we chase the good teachers out of the education system we're going to try to use AI to create 'super-intellegent humans'? We're going to be lucky if the next generation of children learn anything not on a standardized test.
The current generation of school kids is going to be the ones going on to college to create this super-duper AI? With the price of higher education going through the roof, and the interest rates on student loans giving the loan shark on the corner a run for his money, we're going to see a drop in college graduates. I suppose anything is possible, but I think we have a better chance of seeing affordable college education before we see AI creating 'super-intellegent humans'. At the rate we're going I think we should be striving for 'educated humans'.
If all the universities, colleges, think tanks, etc can't produce super-intellegent humans then what makes them think we'll be able to produce AI that can?
Isn't there someone in charge of monitoring the position and speed of every train, and communicating to each train whether they should slow down or stop to avoid a collision? If so, that's the system that failed -- not the trains.
There's an easy way to fix that. Strap a safety engineer, or politician who wants more and faster trains, to the front of every bullet train. I guarantee you that they will find ways to improve the safety and reporting systems.
That post was too long (so I treated it just like any article on/. and didn't read it), so here's a synopsis:
* Alaska has a Chupacabra, but it's in the water (native Alaskans refer to it as Chupacabrosaurus or Cadborosaurus).
* No one has actually seen it but some video may exist (no one knows what's on the video so an Alaskan Chupacabra can't be ruled out).
* The fact that no one has seen it proves it is not only hiding but intelligent.
* Calls to Alaska's Bigfoot have not been returned proving an Alaskan conspiracy is afoot.
* Surprisingly, we haven't been able to contact the "They're Real, Really" desk at either The News of the World or The Weekly World News.
The time you spent writing your comment could have been spent on a billable project.
I was actually talking someone through changing some code while I posted. It wasn't billable but they had already paid for their project.
Don't you ever do anything just for the hell of it?
Sure, but not just to squeeze a little more functionality out of something. It has to be something I enjoy, and it certainly doesn't sound like the Cliq conversion was an enjoyable process.
Was it worth the trouble? Yes, in the sense that learning how to jailbreak your own phone is a valuable skill, and I got much more functionality out of the Cliq, when I was expecting to simply junk it.
The time spent doing this could have been spent on a billable (or freelance) project that would have paid for a new phone (and then some).
Yes, it's a good feeling to know you beat the technology. And yes, it's your phone and you should be able to do whatever you want with it. But how many times will you have to root the same phone model? Will the process be similar or completely different with your next model? Sometimes the upgraded features are worth your time & effort, and other times it's worth the cost of a better phone.
That article is way too long. Here's my observation: People pick passwords that are easy to remember, easy to type and or something they think is clever.
The problem with passwords is that if they are too complex people can't remember them or write them down in plain sight. Pass phrases can be very effective, easy to type and don't rely on the cleverness of people who can't remember 10 random letters, numbers and special characters.
Please keep your double standards away from me. You're not perfect either, you're just a dickhead that wants everyone else to believe how moral you are.
Sounds like someone needs a little time with Stuart Smalley
That's OK. Our government-subsidized pharmaceutical industry can produce the perfect antidepressant for you simply based on your Google search terms. It will all be better soon. If you don't believe us, just Google it. I'm sure we'll be able to provide the search results you want;-)
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technically 96/100 is the same as 48/50 as 24/25.
fractions are fun.
Um, actually it's 98/100, so the fraction you're looking for is 49/50.
... if the US Government had the same budget as a Peter Jackson movie we wouldn't be in this fiscal mess, now would we? ;-)
I'm curious if you listen to Amy Goodman.
No. I had to Google her to find out who she was. I think Rupert Murdoch has been on a lot of people's radar for a long while and he's finally a piñata that is within reach.
Any species that has gained intelligence should be striving to get off the rock they're on and off into space as fast as possible, all our eggs are in one basket right now.
Lucky for me I'm too stupid to get off of 'this rock'.
Perhaps there is a political element to all this fuss.
Wasn't one of the former News of the World editors the right-hand man of a high ranking politician in the UK? I'm sure that former editor has stories to tell on both sides of this.
People forget the power wealthy people have, especially one who owns most of the media. I doubt it will impact him past a year.
But the Murdochs are hated by many, including those in the media industry. They smell blood and the Murdochs are the chum de jour. I wouldn't be surprised if their phones have been hacked recently by a competitor.
I don't think Murdoch's company was the only one to use phone hacking. I bet we'll see other media companies getting hit with similar accusations (and maybe even companies that like to harass or sue the public).
I don't think citing a work of fiction to support your thesis about video games will get you taken very seriously,
Not mention his reference to 'muggle magic'.
"X(s) can't produce Y, and someone else thinks Z can produce Y?" You fail logic.
Um, no. Basically, he's talking about a 'perpetual intelligence machine' (which I'm sure violates one of the laws of thermodynamics) fueled by the educational system (which is running out of money). This is the same system that is demonizing teachers as greedy, unqualified babysitters. As we chase the good teachers out of the education system we're going to try to use AI to create 'super-intellegent humans'? We're going to be lucky if the next generation of children learn anything not on a standardized test.
The current generation of school kids is going to be the ones going on to college to create this super-duper AI? With the price of higher education going through the roof, and the interest rates on student loans giving the loan shark on the corner a run for his money, we're going to see a drop in college graduates. I suppose anything is possible, but I think we have a better chance of seeing affordable college education before we see AI creating 'super-intellegent humans'. At the rate we're going I think we should be striving for 'educated humans'.
Can AI Games Create Super-Intelligent Humans?
If all the universities, colleges, think tanks, etc can't produce super-intellegent humans then what makes them think we'll be able to produce AI that can?
Two links to the Daily Mail in a serious comment? Really?
Well, to be fair, News of the World isn't around anymore.
This is ridiculous!
Of course it is. Even I know to use mv to rename something in Linux.
Have the designers in China abandoned this?
No, they just haven't copied it yet.
Isn't there someone in charge of monitoring the position and speed of every train, and communicating to each train whether they should slow down or stop to avoid a collision? If so, that's the system that failed -- not the trains.
There's an easy way to fix that. Strap a safety engineer, or politician who wants more and faster trains, to the front of every bullet train. I guarantee you that they will find ways to improve the safety and reporting systems.
Really? Good god, slashdot.
Your cyber disgust has been cyber recorded for further cyber review.
But windows phone doesn't have spell check or working shift key.
Maybe you could hack the Win Phone's battery to install a spellchecker and a shift key.
That post was too long (so I treated it just like any article on /. and didn't read it), so here's a synopsis:
* Alaska has a Chupacabra, but it's in the water (native Alaskans refer to it as Chupacabrosaurus or Cadborosaurus).
* No one has actually seen it but some video may exist (no one knows what's on the video so an Alaskan Chupacabra can't be ruled out).
* The fact that no one has seen it proves it is not only hiding but intelligent.
* Calls to Alaska's Bigfoot have not been returned proving an Alaskan conspiracy is afoot.
* Surprisingly, we haven't been able to contact the "They're Real, Really" desk at either The News of the World or The Weekly World News.
The time you spent writing your comment could have been spent on a billable project.
I was actually talking someone through changing some code while I posted. It wasn't billable but they had already paid for their project.
Don't you ever do anything just for the hell of it?
Sure, but not just to squeeze a little more functionality out of something. It has to be something I enjoy, and it certainly doesn't sound like the Cliq conversion was an enjoyable process.
Was it worth the trouble? Yes, in the sense that learning how to jailbreak your own phone is a valuable skill, and I got much more functionality out of the Cliq, when I was expecting to simply junk it.
The time spent doing this could have been spent on a billable (or freelance) project that would have paid for a new phone (and then some).
Yes, it's a good feeling to know you beat the technology. And yes, it's your phone and you should be able to do whatever you want with it. But how many times will you have to root the same phone model? Will the process be similar or completely different with your next model? Sometimes the upgraded features are worth your time & effort, and other times it's worth the cost of a better phone.
That article is way too long. Here's my observation: People pick passwords that are easy to remember, easy to type and or something they think is clever.
The problem with passwords is that if they are too complex people can't remember them or write them down in plain sight. Pass phrases can be very effective, easy to type and don't rely on the cleverness of people who can't remember 10 random letters, numbers and special characters.
Please keep your double standards away from me. You're not perfect either, you're just a dickhead that wants everyone else to believe how moral you are.
Sounds like someone needs a little time with Stuart Smalley
Oh my bad, police say the death of the whistleblower wasnt suspicious, he probably died of natural causes....
Revenge is a natural cause of death, isn't it?
iOS X.Y.Z Prevents Hacking and Jailbreaking
Until they move on to the next security flaw. Was, rinse, repeat.
How does reading the news make you an expert on anything other than reading news?
I'll let you know as soon as I read a story that tells me the answer to your question.
Then why make a 64 bit version at all?
Maybe they need an excuse to change the version to 6.4?
seems kind of depressing.
That's OK. Our government-subsidized pharmaceutical industry can produce the perfect antidepressant for you simply based on your Google search terms. It will all be better soon. If you don't believe us, just Google it. I'm sure we'll be able to provide the search results you want ;-)