What a thoroughly compelling argument, I really can't see how the parent got +5 and you were left to languish at 0 following such a deeply insightful rebuttal.
Oh thank God, I was worried for a second that a crusading SJW wouldn't find some reason to label the OP a bigot. Fuck the point made, he said 'homosexuality', fuck context, burn the witch!
I love this new world you lot are making for us, it's so.. enlightened.
You do realize that if it is 1000 times as fast, and you can write 1000 times as often, then it will wear out as fast as current SSDs if they are driven equally hard, right?
Only if you suddenly have a thousand times more work that needs doing.
An interesting argument and many good points. I do just want to mention this though:
3. Our atmosphere's depth and it's general makeup needs to be pretty close
Yes, for intelligent life such as we know it, such an atmosphere is almost certainly a requirement. But don't forget that Earth didn't start out with the atmosphere we have today, it was initially very hostile and required a lot of time for life itself to 'Terraform' the Earth to this point.
No, we won't be doing crossword puzzles with the lifeforms we find on such a planet - but it will still be a form of alien life we're very interested in finding. Assuming life is as prevalent as I suspect it may be, we are likely to find many more such examples than we will spacefaring alien races.
I don't think you should assume everyone else in the world dislikes the presence of other human beings as much as you do.
Of course not, most people get along just fine with other humans, I merely offer my POV in which robots replacing humans for interaction is a highly desirable outcome.
Well, coincidentally I'm known across the galaxy for having said "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country," even if I never actually said it.
Seems legit, right?
Coz I'm known to have said it. Guess you're also quite a fan of that 640k quote attributed to Bill Gates!
Any other mis-quotes or out-and-out falsehoods you feel could do with promoting whilst we're at it?
Sounds like you might be fresh out of arguments by way of rebuttal.
Don't let Dave's criticism disrupt your activities though. Especially avoid reviewing your own position; this is a dangerous tactic that can lead to education and potential understanding.
Never stop to consider the gap between perceived and actual knowledge and experience of a topic. Wikipedia means everyone can now be an expert.
What truly frightens me about this insidious thing is that although (as you point out) the pattern is easily recognisable, most people who should know better choose to look the other way.
I think this is in part due to the relative comfort of our lives in modern times, but mostly down to idealistic bullshit that has no basis in reality.
Why think critically or consider the arguments of one's opponents when one can simply scream 'RACIST!' and win arguments by default?
We have a lot of progressive idiots that like to make everything into a gender/race issue.
Indeed. This seems to be the direction Western society is moving in. Self-castration as punishment for the collective sins of all of us horribly, violently entitled white males and self-immolation as atonement for failing to respect the religious idiocies of women-hating bronze-age nomadic tribal life.
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What a thoroughly compelling argument, I really can't see how the parent got +5 and you were left to languish at 0 following such a deeply insightful rebuttal.
Autocorrect: kills jokes from a hundred paces!
I hate to think what kind of tolls are they going to need to get an ROI from their trillion-dollar spend.
Personally I think this is all hot air - I doubt even China has this kind of money lying around to splash on silly chest-thumping projects.
Because in space you are shielded against gravity ???
Of course not, but testing the thing in a micro-gravity environment is the closest analogue we have to 'gravity shielding'.
Oh thank God, I was worried for a second that a crusading SJW wouldn't find some reason to label the OP a bigot. Fuck the point made, he said 'homosexuality', fuck context, burn the witch!
I love this new world you lot are making for us, it's so .. enlightened.
APK the loser stalks again! They're sure to believe you are RIGHT this time moron!
He's certainly right about you behaving like an arsehole on the Internet.
For goodness sake, grow up.
Your idea is bollocks.
Why so rude? I can't see anything in cbhacking's post that deserves such a response.
You do realize that if it is 1000 times as fast, and you can write 1000 times as often, then it will wear out as fast as current SSDs if they are driven equally hard, right?
Only if you suddenly have a thousand times more work that needs doing.
And testing the digital portion is very easy.
Yep, you just need a superwhamadyne gozinta gozouta comparator.
Or, you know, Wireshark. But whatever spins your wheels.
If you "trick" them into thinking the artist is more artsy, they might enjoy it more too.
Auto-tune proves your point. Justin Bieber, Kanye West, Brittany Spears.. the list of auto-tune 'artists' grows in number and nausea every year.
Fuck off you off-topic partisan fool, nobody gives a shit about your opinion. Pub and Dem suck equally.
An interesting argument and many good points. I do just want to mention this though:
3. Our atmosphere's depth and it's general makeup needs to be pretty close
Yes, for intelligent life such as we know it, such an atmosphere is almost certainly a requirement. But don't forget that Earth didn't start out with the atmosphere we have today, it was initially very hostile and required a lot of time for life itself to 'Terraform' the Earth to this point.
No, we won't be doing crossword puzzles with the lifeforms we find on such a planet - but it will still be a form of alien life we're very interested in finding. Assuming life is as prevalent as I suspect it may be, we are likely to find many more such examples than we will spacefaring alien races.
Partisan fool.
and history tells me that I'm just going to keep at it!
LOL, a man after my own heart!
My comment was intended to be mildly humorous, not factually correct.
Fair enough. I don't understand why didn't you say that then, rather than defending the mis-quote. Sorry for my heavy-handed response though.
So you can read a wikipedia page and have a penchant for overdramatizing trivial things.
Well.. this is Slashdot..
You must be the life of any parties that you manage to get invited to.
Hahaha indeed, the few who do invite me seldom make the mistake twice.
I don't think you should assume everyone else in the world dislikes the presence of other human beings as much as you do.
Of course not, most people get along just fine with other humans, I merely offer my POV in which robots replacing humans for interaction is a highly desirable outcome.
Well, coincidentally I'm known across the galaxy for having said "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country," even if I never actually said it.
Seems legit, right?
Coz I'm known to have said it. Guess you're also quite a fan of that 640k quote attributed to Bill Gates!
Any other mis-quotes or out-and-out falsehoods you feel could do with promoting whilst we're at it?
Sounds like you might be fresh out of arguments by way of rebuttal.
Don't let Dave's criticism disrupt your activities though. Especially avoid reviewing your own position; this is a dangerous tactic that can lead to education and potential understanding.
Never stop to consider the gap between perceived and actual knowledge and experience of a topic. Wikipedia means everyone can now be an expert.
What are you on about? The global market for incompetent CEOs has never been more buoyant!
gain a pristine planet, completely cleansed of humanity. Wouldn't that be nice? Get rid of all the evil, evil people.
I'm having a hard time seeing anything wrong with your proposal good sir.
Great response, thank you.
What truly frightens me about this insidious thing is that although (as you point out) the pattern is easily recognisable, most people who should know better choose to look the other way.
I think this is in part due to the relative comfort of our lives in modern times, but mostly down to idealistic bullshit that has no basis in reality.
Why think critically or consider the arguments of one's opponents when one can simply scream 'RACIST!' and win arguments by default?
We have a lot of progressive idiots that like to make everything into a gender/race issue.
Indeed. This seems to be the direction Western society is moving in. Self-castration as punishment for the collective sins of all of us horribly, violently entitled white males and self-immolation as atonement for failing to respect the religious idiocies of women-hating bronze-age nomadic tribal life.
You got a +4 for *this* comment?
Perhaps, but Mr. Maple's comments are still closer to +5 that most AC remarks ;-)