I've heard "locker room talk", and it was nowhere near as crude as what he was saying. I've never heard any guy casually talking/bragging about forcing themselves on women.
"Entities simulated in computer programs can't "break out" of the simulation:"
If a VM is a good analogy, they can to some extent. You can have a VM running on a box, and if networking is working you can be inside the VM and see and control the VM server hosting that environment.
All this said, why would a billionaire ever want to exit the sim? If you were a super wealthy elite who could have anything you wanted, why would you want to end up in the Matrix type of world where you are a nobody again?
"Movie theaters had their reason to exist when they offered an added value over what you could have at home."
The demise of video game arcades and video rentals outlets like Blockbuster may be a foreshadowing of the future of movie theaters. That said, its still a good place to go for a date if you don't want to talk and sit in the dark together.
Before the 1940s, Mississippi used to have horrible flooding problems whenever the Mississippi River got high. That effectively caused the same problems reservoirs cause today. That has been fixed with a series of levies and reservoirs.
Also, at some point reservoirs become semi-natural lakes. That organic matter rots and they are like any other lake. Its not like they keep emitting greenhouse gasses forever.
As opposed to being sodomized by a gang of heterosexuals?
Why do most people accept that once in prison, you will likely be raped? And few if any are concerned that that is tantamount to physical and psychological torture.
Or better yet, build a colony 100 meters below the ocean. If we could have self sustaining colonies under the sea, we could expand the population 10 fold. Also, a colony under the sea would be effectively immune to weather conditions, swings in temperature, drought, and other pests to civilization.
"Someone being in their position based on their DNA is wrong to the point of being immoral."
Aren't most Olympians in their position largely due to their DNA? How many athletes excel to that level without having DNA that is different than the average bear?
"Yeah, because they're only outselling every watch manufacturer except Rolex after only having a product for one year."
I highly doubt they are outselling Timex. You can get one for $30 at Target or Wal-Mart. I would have thought they would be outselling Rolex, but I haven't seen the #s to dispute that claim.
"Star wars kid, tron guy, etc. all silly and sure, embarrassing, but not actually damaging nearly at the level of a sex tape."
How is a sex tape damaging to most people? I think its a shame that basically everyone likes sex, nearly everyone enjoys sex, yet its somehow offensive and humiliating for people to know or see you having it.
"insurance lobbies will get the government to require autonomous driving"
They won't need to. They will just say its $100/year for autonomous vehicles and charge $25000/year for people to drive. Then it won't be a decision unless you are Jay Leno.
"I get motion sick if I try to read anything (book, map, phone, computer) in a moving car or train. I'll get zero productivity gain from a self driving car."
There is more in life than reading. Maybe you could take up knitting and create personalized xmas gifts for the family. Or, if that gets you sick, you could nap for your commute. Or, if you can't sleep in a car, you could eat breakfast or dinner. Or, you could ponder the day's activities without reading/writing. Or you could trim your toenails. Or, you could pick that nose clean. Or, you could watch movies/TV. Or, you could iron your clothes during your commute. I suspect future fully autonomous cars will be laid out differently than current cars. I can see some being a room on wheels. It could have a bed, a table for working/eating/reading, and other household amenities.
" She is being tortured by the US Navy and is being DENIED access to her attorney and the internet and a cell phone and a laptop."
Is access to a cell phone, the internet, and a laptop a right for prisioners? At least she isn't being imprisioned in Texas in the summer without air conditioning where it can get to 115+ degrees. I even feel bad for the guards in that situation who have to work in those conditions.
You don't have to have a TOS violation for something to be illegal. Even if I don't lock my doors, and don't have no trespassing signs posted, you don't have the right to walk in my house and eat or take what you like.
Realistically, think what a jury of non-technical people would believe.
A. T-Mobile sells phone/internet service B. Person figures out a way to use service without paying C. Person admits and even brags anout using service without paying D. Guilty
"Current business practices emphasis maximized profit over human presence"
You say that like its a bad thing they don't employ people they don't need. Sure, your workplace could have a designated "coffee boy" who brings you a cup when you snap your fingers, but does it make sense to have or pay for such a thing?
I know its US vs UK, but Brock Turner (http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/06/us/sexual-assault-brock-turner-stanford/) received a 6 month sentence for raping an unconscious woman, yet someone else could spend 20 times that length of time imprisoned for copying a file?
And people wonder why we question our faith in the police, government and the system!
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"make it illegal to even propose any stupid laws"
You want to make it illegal to propose laws?
I've heard "locker room talk", and it was nowhere near as crude as what he was saying. I've never heard any guy casually talking/bragging about forcing themselves on women.
This assessment is a trememdous disaster. I'm pretty sure it was somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds.
"Are they going to adjust the caps based on what "reasonable" is on an ongoing basis?"
Yes. That's what this is. When "1TB is NOT a reasonable cap for 99%" of their customers, they will look at the stats and adjust according.
"Entities simulated in computer programs can't "break out" of the simulation:"
If a VM is a good analogy, they can to some extent. You can have a VM running on a box, and if networking is working you can be inside the VM and see and control the VM server hosting that environment.
All this said, why would a billionaire ever want to exit the sim? If you were a super wealthy elite who could have anything you wanted, why would you want to end up in the Matrix type of world where you are a nobody again?
"Movie theaters had their reason to exist when they offered an added value over what you could have at home."
The demise of video game arcades and video rentals outlets like Blockbuster may be a foreshadowing of the future of movie theaters. That said, its still a good place to go for a date if you don't want to talk and sit in the dark together.
Before the 1940s, Mississippi used to have horrible flooding problems whenever the Mississippi River got high. That effectively caused the same problems reservoirs cause today. That has been fixed with a series of levies and reservoirs.
Also, at some point reservoirs become semi-natural lakes. That organic matter rots and they are like any other lake. Its not like they keep emitting greenhouse gasses forever.
We get it. Internet is cheaper in Europe. Everything else is more, but you get fast cheap internet.
In America, gas is only €0.47/L. as opposed to €1.23 in Paris or £1.12 in London.
"a bit of government protection"
i.e. Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution, which empowers Congress "To establish Post Offices"
Not many other government entities are listed in the Constitution.
"and then sodomized by a gang of homosexuals"
As opposed to being sodomized by a gang of heterosexuals?
Why do most people accept that once in prison, you will likely be raped? And few if any are concerned that that is tantamount to physical and psychological torture.
Or better yet, build a colony 100 meters below the ocean. If we could have self sustaining colonies under the sea, we could expand the population 10 fold. Also, a colony under the sea would be effectively immune to weather conditions, swings in temperature, drought, and other pests to civilization.
"Someone being in their position based on their DNA is wrong to the point of being immoral."
Aren't most Olympians in their position largely due to their DNA? How many athletes excel to that level without having DNA that is different than the average bear?
Because you have to charge it daily, I highly suspect 99% of these will never leave the charging station and eventually end up in a drawer.
"Yeah, because they're only outselling every watch manufacturer except Rolex after only having a product for one year."
I highly doubt they are outselling Timex. You can get one for $30 at Target or Wal-Mart. I would have thought they would be outselling Rolex, but I haven't seen the #s to dispute that claim.
Its great that you know the right way to do it and everyone else who wants to deviate is wrong.
And knowing the height of the mountain is not necessary to climbing it, yet most people like to know such facts.
Frankly, if I had a device that could measure how much fun I had at a party or elsewhere, I think I would like that.
"The university has no role whatsoever or anybody else with private property."
The same argument could be made that places can't ban smoking because the cigarettes are someone's private property.
"Star wars kid, tron guy, etc. all silly and sure, embarrassing, but not actually damaging nearly at the level of a sex tape."
How is a sex tape damaging to most people? I think its a shame that basically everyone likes sex, nearly everyone enjoys sex, yet its somehow offensive and humiliating for people to know or see you having it.
"insurance lobbies will get the government to require autonomous driving"
They won't need to. They will just say its $100/year for autonomous vehicles and charge $25000/year for people to drive. Then it won't be a decision unless you are Jay Leno.
"I get motion sick if I try to read anything (book, map, phone, computer) in a moving car or train. I'll get zero productivity gain from a self driving car."
There is more in life than reading. Maybe you could take up knitting and create personalized xmas gifts for the family. Or, if that gets you sick, you could nap for your commute. Or, if you can't sleep in a car, you could eat breakfast or dinner. Or, you could ponder the day's activities without reading/writing. Or you could trim your toenails. Or, you could pick that nose clean. Or, you could watch movies/TV. Or, you could iron your clothes during your commute. I suspect future fully autonomous cars will be laid out differently than current cars. I can see some being a room on wheels. It could have a bed, a table for working/eating/reading, and other household amenities.
" She is being tortured by the US Navy and is being DENIED access to her attorney and the internet and a cell phone and a laptop."
Is access to a cell phone, the internet, and a laptop a right for prisioners? At least she isn't being imprisioned in Texas in the summer without air conditioning where it can get to 115+ degrees. I even feel bad for the guards in that situation who have to work in those conditions.
http://www.npr.org/2016/09/12/...
People have been arrested for stealing electricity by charging a phone on an outlet in park. That probably was theft of less than a penny.
http://www.heraldtribune.com/a...
You don't have to have a TOS violation for something to be illegal. Even if I don't lock my doors, and don't have no trespassing signs posted, you don't have the right to walk in my house and eat or take what you like.
Realistically, think what a jury of non-technical people would believe.
A. T-Mobile sells phone/internet service
B. Person figures out a way to use service without paying
C. Person admits and even brags anout using service without paying
D. Guilty
"Current business practices emphasis maximized profit over human presence"
You say that like its a bad thing they don't employ people they don't need. Sure, your workplace could have a designated "coffee boy" who brings you a cup when you snap your fingers, but does it make sense to have or pay for such a thing?
I know its US vs UK, but Brock Turner (http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/06/us/sexual-assault-brock-turner-stanford/) received a 6 month sentence for raping an unconscious woman, yet someone else could spend 20 times that length of time imprisoned for copying a file?
And people wonder why we question our faith in the police, government and the system!