Having googled the guy, it sounds like he at least had notions of making life better for other people. He didn't hate the whole of humanity, he hated industrialisation.
I maybe shouldn't have used the word "friends" before, and I guess it may only take one sociopath/psychopath or otherwise mentally disturbed person to end the world.. but even sociopaths crave attention and acceptance from others.
Eventually technology will allow a single human being to not need anyone else. Whenever those event coincide, it will be the end of humanity.
Everybody needs friends of some sort. Unless you're suggesting that robots will be good enough friends by then. But if they're autonomous and free-thinking enough to make good friends, they're going to be just as much of a problem as real humans. They're also going to be harder to destroy.
It actually said right in the summary (in the same sentence you quoted part of, even) that it's 500 employees.. $50,000 isn't exactly to be sniffed at, but it's not that great if everyone pulls in opposite directions. I'd probably try and encourage everyone go for getting a good 3D printer.
Well, one of my exes was talking about visiting from Canada, and she specifically mentioned my mum's cooking as a positive point.. anyway, haggis really is delicious!:p
It is much more likely that it wouldn't have flown directly at Earth though. The Anthropic Principle doesn't really imply that everything had to happen as efficiently as possible. The chance that we are in a Universe where this hypothetical rock took 10 years rather than 1,000,000 on its journey is still quite low:p
It shouldn't be the "protesting class" doing it. It should be everyone. There are always hippies protesting little things here and there, but when it's something as invasive and obviously wrong as the Patriot act, I would have thought the whole country would be up in arms (minus the few people who presumably think that the government should have that kind of power).
Protest, yes. Regular protests, everywhere, until something is actually done. I don't understand why a bigger deal wasn't made of the Patriot act. I'm not even that into politics, but that one was very obviously a no-no, fancypants Constitution or not.
the person who came out with this was a bit of a neo-fascist ecologist who was advocating the eradication of a significant percentage of the worlds population - mainly the non-white population.
Well, all the vastly overpopulated areas of the world have primarily non-white inhabitants, so I don't think it's good evidence of him being a racist to point out that it was mostly the non-white population. I'm guessing you have some other evidence that he was a neo-fascist of course.
"Eradicating" sounds pretty horrible no matter which way you look at it though.. birth control is the more sensible option..
I suppose it's easy to divide everything into black and white when you (in all likelihood, given your hilarious outlook) get your ethics/morality given to you in a book. If morality isn't relative, that means that there are billions of people out there who constantly do things that are against their moral compass. When you get down to it, morality is a concept that humanity has created, and it means whatever we choose it to mean. Sometimes we go with the group consensus, but often it's a personal thing. What the guy said before about patents being technical, was absolutely valid and sensible. If we blocked the patenting of ideas, or the development of products, because someone (let's say the Amish) might be offended, then we'd never get anywhere.
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Well, I've always hated Blackberries, and back then WinMo/Exchange was the only other option for push email. I also liked that it was easy to get new applications onto the phone and customise it. The interface wasn't great, so I was happy when the iPhone came along and inspired Android. I stuck with Windows Mobile until Android matured a little.
Because they are fucking it up. Royally. They've enjoyed having a de-facto monopoly position for a long time, but since the rise of mobile devices, everything is becoming even more web-centric and cross-platform than before.
Windows and Office are slowly losing their status as requirements to get anything done in business, and they're definitely not needed for home computing any more. Geeks already know this, but the rest of the world is catching on too.
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Well, while Windows Mobile used to be the best option for a smartphone out there, and shows that MS were at least trying to be in that market a long time ago.. the fact remains that they haven't come up with anything good on their own for a long time. They try to muscle their way in on everything, rather than making people want their devices. Look at all that shit with the Xbone. Xbox Live had started turning a profit, but they weren't happy with that, and kept trying to push ways to squeeze even more money out of their subscribers. If they focused on creating good products that people love, rather than thinking "how can we take a piece of this emerging market?", they'd be a lot better off.
What do you mean by that? Is it character defamation to say that guys and girls generally prefer different things? It's a generalisation, and social and cultural norms have a part to play, but like he said, we are physically different in both obvious and not-so-obvious ways. Look at any species on Earth, and they play natural roles. Humans are much better equipped to play any role they may feel like choosing, but that really doesn't mean that men won't have different preferences to women. Not many of my female friends are interested in "technology". Some are. A lot of my guys friends are. Some aren't.
Ah, I see. Even if I'd read that (and I filter out dates at the start of articles just the same as I skip most Slashdot comment titles, unless the comment itself doesn't seem to make any sense), I maybe would have thought it was a typo. Well, that's pretty fucking lame. Guess we're stuck with manual cars for now.
Noun 1. An unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally, typically resulting in damage or injury. 2. A crash involving road or other vehicles, typically one that causes serious damage or injury.
Accidents can also be caused by chance, but the word itself doesn't have to mean that. When someone says there was an accident somewhere, they aren't (necessarily) implying that nobody was to blame.
I think replacing human driven cars with these things would save a lot of lives.
The company hopes to have its first set of driverless cars on the road by the end of the year, introducing a new service called uberAUTO using those vehicles in one or two of its markets at first. Based on the reception there, Uber says it could have the service available in up to 10 markets by the end of next year.
Not sure what the "what could go wrong 10 years from now" has to do with anything. Apart from cars being hi-jacked remotely. Outside of that, everything else seems to be a plus over driven cars. I mean, I love driving for fun, but commuting is boring.
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Having googled the guy, it sounds like he at least had notions of making life better for other people. He didn't hate the whole of humanity, he hated industrialisation.
I maybe shouldn't have used the word "friends" before, and I guess it may only take one sociopath/psychopath or otherwise mentally disturbed person to end the world.. but even sociopaths crave attention and acceptance from others.
Eventually technology will allow a single human being to not need anyone else. Whenever those event coincide, it will be the end of humanity.
Everybody needs friends of some sort. Unless you're suggesting that robots will be good enough friends by then. But if they're autonomous and free-thinking enough to make good friends, they're going to be just as much of a problem as real humans. They're also going to be harder to destroy.
It actually said right in the summary (in the same sentence you quoted part of, even) that it's 500 employees.. $50,000 isn't exactly to be sniffed at, but it's not that great if everyone pulls in opposite directions. I'd probably try and encourage everyone go for getting a good 3D printer.
Well, one of my exes was talking about visiting from Canada, and she specifically mentioned my mum's cooking as a positive point.. anyway, haggis really is delicious! :p
I didn't mean to shut down other nuclear plants or anything. I meant to get the cleanup done ASAP.
With regards to this particular situation, Japan could do with a whole lot more scared, to pressure those in authority to get their arses in gear.
Russ Wilcox, Transatomicâ(TM)s new CEO estimates that it will take eight years to build a prototype reactor
Seems like the perfect solution to our current problem! :p
I believe "womennequitas"
It is much more likely that it wouldn't have flown directly at Earth though. The Anthropic Principle doesn't really imply that everything had to happen as efficiently as possible. The chance that we are in a Universe where this hypothetical rock took 10 years rather than 1,000,000 on its journey is still quite low :p
It shouldn't be the "protesting class" doing it. It should be everyone. There are always hippies protesting little things here and there, but when it's something as invasive and obviously wrong as the Patriot act, I would have thought the whole country would be up in arms (minus the few people who presumably think that the government should have that kind of power).
I'm not American, so no..
Protest, yes. Regular protests, everywhere, until something is actually done. I don't understand why a bigger deal wasn't made of the Patriot act. I'm not even that into politics, but that one was very obviously a no-no, fancypants Constitution or not.
the person who came out with this was a bit of a neo-fascist ecologist who was advocating the eradication of a significant percentage of the worlds population - mainly the non-white population.
Well, all the vastly overpopulated areas of the world have primarily non-white inhabitants, so I don't think it's good evidence of him being a racist to point out that it was mostly the non-white population. I'm guessing you have some other evidence that he was a neo-fascist of course.
"Eradicating" sounds pretty horrible no matter which way you look at it though.. birth control is the more sensible option..
Yes, it's called a joke. It was also factually accurate. He only said it cools the "local environment", ie the room you're in :)
I suppose it's easy to divide everything into black and white when you (in all likelihood, given your hilarious outlook) get your ethics/morality given to you in a book. If morality isn't relative, that means that there are billions of people out there who constantly do things that are against their moral compass. When you get down to it, morality is a concept that humanity has created, and it means whatever we choose it to mean. Sometimes we go with the group consensus, but often it's a personal thing. What the guy said before about patents being technical, was absolutely valid and sensible. If we blocked the patenting of ideas, or the development of products, because someone (let's say the Amish) might be offended, then we'd never get anywhere.
Well, I've always hated Blackberries, and back then WinMo/Exchange was the only other option for push email. I also liked that it was easy to get new applications onto the phone and customise it. The interface wasn't great, so I was happy when the iPhone came along and inspired Android. I stuck with Windows Mobile until Android matured a little.
Because they are fucking it up. Royally. They've enjoyed having a de-facto monopoly position for a long time, but since the rise of mobile devices, everything is becoming even more web-centric and cross-platform than before.
Windows and Office are slowly losing their status as requirements to get anything done in business, and they're definitely not needed for home computing any more. Geeks already know this, but the rest of the world is catching on too.
Well, while Windows Mobile used to be the best option for a smartphone out there, and shows that MS were at least trying to be in that market a long time ago.. the fact remains that they haven't come up with anything good on their own for a long time. They try to muscle their way in on everything, rather than making people want their devices. Look at all that shit with the Xbone. Xbox Live had started turning a profit, but they weren't happy with that, and kept trying to push ways to squeeze even more money out of their subscribers. If they focused on creating good products that people love, rather than thinking "how can we take a piece of this emerging market?", they'd be a lot better off.
What do you mean by that? Is it character defamation to say that guys and girls generally prefer different things? It's a generalisation, and social and cultural norms have a part to play, but like he said, we are physically different in both obvious and not-so-obvious ways. Look at any species on Earth, and they play natural roles. Humans are much better equipped to play any role they may feel like choosing, but that really doesn't mean that men won't have different preferences to women. Not many of my female friends are interested in "technology". Some are. A lot of my guys friends are. Some aren't.
Ah, I see. Even if I'd read that (and I filter out dates at the start of articles just the same as I skip most Slashdot comment titles, unless the comment itself doesn't seem to make any sense), I maybe would have thought it was a typo. Well, that's pretty fucking lame. Guess we're stuck with manual cars for now.
Google's definition of "accident":
Noun
1. An unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally, typically resulting in damage or injury.
2. A crash involving road or other vehicles, typically one that causes serious damage or injury.
Accidents can also be caused by chance, but the word itself doesn't have to mean that. When someone says there was an accident somewhere, they aren't (necessarily) implying that nobody was to blame.
I think replacing human driven cars with these things would save a lot of lives.
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Common sense! Good for you.
See people, all it takes is actually using your brain and not succumbing to "politically correct" bullshit.
I believe any futher comments in this thread to be redundant (though no doubt someone will nit-pick all the same).
From TFA
The company hopes to have its first set of driverless cars on the road by the end of the year, introducing a new service called uberAUTO using those vehicles in one or two of its markets at first. Based on the reception there, Uber says it could have the service available in up to 10 markets by the end of next year.
Not sure what the "what could go wrong 10 years from now" has to do with anything. Apart from cars being hi-jacked remotely. Outside of that, everything else seems to be a plus over driven cars. I mean, I love driving for fun, but commuting is boring.
2025 - 2013 = ?