Science fiction has been dealing with the "what if they get smarter than us" issue pretty much forever... but i don't think a Star Trek court would count as precidence in a real-world case, especially since the "date" in question hasn't happened yet.
Although, i bet every science fiction fan in the world would have a big 'i told you so' for the world.
It didn't say it was ultra-powerful, it says it was thin and cheap in trade for efficiency (and possibly usefulness)
A truly inventive person can use anything to any purpose. Don't fear the technology, fear the people using it. If we abandoned all technology used by terrorists, we'd be living in caves and the government would be licensing the use of fire, wheels, and hammers.
-- guns don't kill people, kids playing video games kill people
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I hate to tell you this, but computers have been talking dirty to computers for a VERY long time.
Science fiction has been dealing with the "what if they get smarter than us" issue pretty much forever... but i don't think a Star Trek court would count as precidence in a real-world case, especially since the "date" in question hasn't happened yet.
Although, i bet every science fiction fan in the world would have a big 'i told you so' for the world.
There'll never be a 1-800 operator with "emotional intelligence necessary to communicate and empathize with addled callers", electrical or otherwise!
It didn't say it was ultra-powerful, it says it was thin and cheap in trade for efficiency (and possibly usefulness)
A truly inventive person can use anything to any purpose. Don't fear the technology, fear the people using it. If we abandoned all technology used by terrorists, we'd be living in caves and the government would be licensing the use of fire, wheels, and hammers.
-- guns don't kill people, kids playing video games kill people
Things get even worse if they make a USB ready car. Some guy in marketing is going to love letting laptops drive cars with this technology.
Just as long as they have the large 'police light' symbol showing where the cops are so i don't get speeding tickets.
if the US shipper agrees to indicate "Gift" on the box, you won't pay any taxes whatsoever.
...which is technically tax fraud, but we'll ignore that
"Or a truly active windshield display in the car" I'd hate to get a rock chip while i'm playing solitaire.
This could make parenting harder for non-tech parents.. "Mommy! My castle isn't doing my math homework!"
You didn't ask for the spam in the first place, so why would they listen when you ASK for something?