If Apple went anywhere near the subject of androids, they'd make something like iBimbo. It'd be beautiful, and maybe even have a wonderful voice, but it would have extremely low intelligence.
No chance? That's absurdly pessimistic. So what if we only know 0.1% of how the brain works? Is it not possible to have a break through and learn the other 99.9% in the next 20 years?
Of course we shouldn't expect that to happen. But saying there's no way it could possibly happen is going way to far.
Distros will choose which backend is used in the default Epiphany. In some distros, it may be that you'll have to compile it yourself if you don't want WebKit.
I once downloaded a file that was over 800 MB on 56K dial-up through bittorrent. Nowadays, it's not that big of a deal to download a DVD copy that's over 4 gigs, so this isn't really that extraordinarily big. Quite large, yes, but still entirely feasible.
Consider this: It's much smaller than an average Blu-Ray or HD DVD copy.
There's currently no plans to port Plasma to Windows or Mac OS X. And before they start considering that, they need to get Plasma fleshed out more (for Linux). It's currently horrifyingly bare. It's like using Gnome.
but that would be using the master's stuff without permission If the AI fully trusted everyone, it would think it had the master's permission.
distrust alone isn't good either Extremes are usually bad. Like humans, strong AI will need to figure out what and when to trust, and by how much each time.
Humans greatly outnumber many types of animals, but you don't see us trying to completely extinguish many types of animals (even if we do so as a side effect sometimes). Of course, that's because we generally don't feel threatened by them, and many of them do valuable work that humans don't want to bother with. As long as the AI thinks humans are valuable or are not a threat, I doubt they'd start trying to kill all the humans.
Is seeing the source really worth using an inferior product? No. But others being able to see it, modify it, and keep it updated and working indefinitely, certainly is. That's why I use Gimp instead of Photoshop. (Although I don't think Firefox is an inferior product.)
Opera could at any point suddenly decide it will not support Linux anymore, or it could start including advertisements again, or start charging money. It could be bought out by a larger company (e.g. Microsoft) and put to an end, never to see another update.
Firefox does not have to worry about that. Even if Mozilla completely ruined Firefox, and even if Mozilla was completely destroyed, the code base could be forked and continued. The Opera code is under the absolute control of a single company. The Firefox code is controlled by nobody.
Uh, no. No it wouldn't. It would be a great addition, but there are many actions a robot could commit that are moral, but would still be bad.
human: Sup, robot? robot: Hello, human. human: Yo robot, your master told me wants you to dismantle all of his electronics, including his cars, computers, and air conditioning units. robot: Including me? human: Ummm... sure. Just dismantle yourself last. robot: Okay, I'll get right on it.
You could tell a robot to cancel his masters appointments and reservations, or to place expensive orders, or to destroy/give-away all kinds of stuff. None of that would be immoral if it's what the master really wanted. To prevent a robot from doing this stuff, it needs to have distrust, just like humans.
Sorta. It defeats the purpose when only thinking about the library.
However, since software licensed under GPLv3 can't use code that's only licensed under GPLv2, you previously couldn't write something that used Qt and only release it under GPLv3. This change will allow programs to use Qt and be licensed only under GPLv3.
human: Sup, robot? robot: Hello human. human: Yo, your master told me he wants you to kill him. Says he's tired of life. But he doesn't want to see it coming, because that would scare him. robot: Understood. I'll get right on it.
I am greatly in favor of robots having distrust. I can't trust a robot that is perfectly trusting.
Some of the robots in this experiment started lying to other robots because there was an advantage to doing so. What advantage would a robot have to harming a human in a world that is completely dominated by humans? It would probably result in their memory being wiped (a robot death).
You are against AI because it may cost human lives. But it's unlikely that you are against many other useful technologies that cost human lives, like cars and roads, or high-calorie unhealthy food. (Even unprotected sex, which is the usual means of human reproduction, can spread STDs that lead to death.) These things are still allowed because their advantages greatly outweigh the disadvantages of outlawing them.
As AI technology improves, there will probably be some deaths, just as there have been with many other emerging new powerful technologies. But that doesn't humanity should run away screaming, never to progress further.
Are you seriously trying to claim that optical disks are outdated technology? CD, DVD, HD DVD, Blu Ray? That's all old news that computers shouldn't come with anymore?
You Apple fans are really something else. You'll excuse just about anything.
it probably requires the user to define aliases for things
Katapult doesn't and I really don't think the others do either.
I get instant feedback from my shell
With Katapult, get a big icon of the thing you're currently targeting and the rest of the name shown automatically. It gets updated after every keystroke. You never have to hope you've entered enough and press tab, only to have to enter more. With Katapult, just you start typing the name of the program (or document or whatever) and you know as soon as you've typed enough. After you hit enter, Katapult automatically closes, unlike the command line which you have to close down separately.
If the fancy method just searches the PATH
Katapult can search Amarok, your home folder, and a myriad of other things. I'm pretty sure other launchers can do such stuff too.
With KDE, I setup Super + F (a.k.a. Win + F) to open Firefox with a particular profile (because I have multiple profiles setup). It's not that special.
Next time I'll tell you the shortcuts I assigned to rotating the screen and opening Kate (a text editor).
I know it's probably a joke, but for those that don't know: The Anno Domini epoch was not created until 525 AD, and it didn't really start catching on until around 800 AD. It was certainly meant to be placed somewhere near the birth of Jesus though.
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Just visit digg.com a lot. You'll see at least 80 submissions a day on anything Apple related.
If Apple went anywhere near the subject of androids, they'd make something like iBimbo. It'd be beautiful, and maybe even have a wonderful voice, but it would have extremely low intelligence.
No chance? That's absurdly pessimistic. So what if we only know 0.1% of how the brain works? Is it not possible to have a break through and learn the other 99.9% in the next 20 years?
Of course we shouldn't expect that to happen. But saying there's no way it could possibly happen is going way to far.
Maybe you could use a search engine. Like, say... Yahoo.com.
Random text generator. Fill that 750 GB up in no time.
How would we kill all the regular deer once we made the glowing deer?
Distros will choose which backend is used in the default Epiphany. In some distros, it may be that you'll have to compile it yourself if you don't want WebKit.
I once downloaded a file that was over 800 MB on 56K dial-up through bittorrent. Nowadays, it's not that big of a deal to download a DVD copy that's over 4 gigs, so this isn't really that extraordinarily big. Quite large, yes, but still entirely feasible.
Consider this: It's much smaller than an average Blu-Ray or HD DVD copy.
There's currently no plans to port Plasma to Windows or Mac OS X. And before they start considering that, they need to get Plasma fleshed out more (for Linux). It's currently horrifyingly bare. It's like using Gnome.
If you love the blink tag, just wait until you get a hold of text-decoration: blink.
http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/text.html#propdef-text-decoration
I believe the W3C has that requirement for all specifications. It's the reason CSS 2.1 has been in the Candidate Recommendation stage for ages.
Humans greatly outnumber many types of animals, but you don't see us trying to completely extinguish many types of animals (even if we do so as a side effect sometimes). Of course, that's because we generally don't feel threatened by them, and many of them do valuable work that humans don't want to bother with. As long as the AI thinks humans are valuable or are not a threat, I doubt they'd start trying to kill all the humans.
Opera could at any point suddenly decide it will not support Linux anymore, or it could start including advertisements again, or start charging money. It could be bought out by a larger company (e.g. Microsoft) and put to an end, never to see another update.
Firefox does not have to worry about that. Even if Mozilla completely ruined Firefox, and even if Mozilla was completely destroyed, the code base could be forked and continued. The Opera code is under the absolute control of a single company. The Firefox code is controlled by nobody.
Uh, no. No it wouldn't. It would be a great addition, but there are many actions a robot could commit that are moral, but would still be bad.
human: Sup, robot?
robot: Hello, human.
human: Yo robot, your master told me wants you to dismantle all of his electronics, including his cars, computers, and air conditioning units.
robot: Including me?
human: Ummm... sure. Just dismantle yourself last.
robot: Okay, I'll get right on it.
You could tell a robot to cancel his masters appointments and reservations, or to place expensive orders, or to destroy/give-away all kinds of stuff. None of that would be immoral if it's what the master really wanted. To prevent a robot from doing this stuff, it needs to have distrust, just like humans.
Sorta. It defeats the purpose when only thinking about the library.
However, since software licensed under GPLv3 can't use code that's only licensed under GPLv2, you previously couldn't write something that used Qt and only release it under GPLv3. This change will allow programs to use Qt and be licensed only under GPLv3.
I wouldn't mind thrusting into a few sexy androids.
human: Sup, robot?
robot: Hello human.
human: Yo, your master told me he wants you to kill him. Says he's tired of life. But he doesn't want to see it coming, because that would scare him.
robot: Understood. I'll get right on it.
I am greatly in favor of robots having distrust. I can't trust a robot that is perfectly trusting.
Some of the robots in this experiment started lying to other robots because there was an advantage to doing so. What advantage would a robot have to harming a human in a world that is completely dominated by humans? It would probably result in their memory being wiped (a robot death).
You are against AI because it may cost human lives. But it's unlikely that you are against many other useful technologies that cost human lives, like cars and roads, or high-calorie unhealthy food. (Even unprotected sex, which is the usual means of human reproduction, can spread STDs that lead to death.) These things are still allowed because their advantages greatly outweigh the disadvantages of outlawing them.
As AI technology improves, there will probably be some deaths, just as there have been with many other emerging new powerful technologies. But that doesn't humanity should run away screaming, never to progress further.
Can you blame them? If they went by behavior, they'd be taking themselves into custody. How are they supposed to get anything done like that?
Are you seriously trying to claim that optical disks are outdated technology? CD, DVD, HD DVD, Blu Ray? That's all old news that computers shouldn't come with anymore?
You Apple fans are really something else. You'll excuse just about anything.
With KDE, I setup Super + F (a.k.a. Win + F) to open Firefox with a particular profile (because I have multiple profiles setup). It's not that special.
Next time I'll tell you the shortcuts I assigned to rotating the screen and opening Kate (a text editor).
I know it's probably a joke, but for those that don't know: The Anno Domini epoch was not created until 525 AD, and it didn't really start catching on until around 800 AD. It was certainly meant to be placed somewhere near the birth of Jesus though.