that when confronted with the possibility of a greatly increased lifespan, say a hundred years extra, so few actually want it. Ask some people and watch their initial reaction. The ones I've queried have almost invariably argued that it would become boring. IMHO this stems from a belief that zest for life is NOT a biological effect, but rather a result of inexperience.
People grow jaded with age, many even grown comfortable with their own mortality.
I am inclined to believe that the biological decay of our bodies is a main cause of declining appetite for life.
Last time I saw a figure on that it stated that they have about 600k of the worlds total 800k working robots in use. My guess is that they just see the labour cost reduction more clearly than most others and that this spurs interest in the non-commercial market.
Let's not complicate things unduly. Stroll to the nearest internet cafe, send an anonymous mail and pay with cash. If it makes you feel better you can even wear a mustache and a dodgy hat.
The parent is a bit overboard here. Granted he has several accurate points. You can pour your life in to it and not master it completly, but on the other hand I'm in my second semester and I've had plenty of meaningfull conversations with native speakers.
Albeit not with children attending kinder garden.
scientists from all over the world fled to the US from totalitarien oppressive regimes, in which true and unbiased research was made difficult and or illegal.
Maybe it's time your best and bravest come to us?
Slashdot Mirror
Here is their email adress
customer.services@pcworld.co.uk
Drop them a line, it might make you feel better.
"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones".
Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
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That's it Mr. Moderator
Report to base camp. CmdTaco will read you the mod guide while the rest of us injects you with some neurospin
that when confronted with the possibility of a greatly increased lifespan, say a hundred years extra, so few actually want it. Ask some people and watch their initial reaction. The ones I've queried have almost invariably argued that it would become boring.
IMHO this stems from a belief that zest for life is NOT a biological effect, but rather a result of inexperience.
People grow jaded with age, many even grown comfortable with their own mortality.
I am inclined to believe that the biological decay of our bodies is a main cause of declining appetite for life.
From her Website
"We all know that the five elements that comprise the human and the world are called the "Paanchbhootas".
Yeah, that's what I call common knowledge
Last time I saw a figure on that it stated that they have about 600k of the worlds total 800k working robots in use. My guess is that they just see the labour cost reduction more clearly than most others and that this spurs interest in the non-commercial market.
I'm thinking these soldiers won't be playing the piano anytime soon.
What do a space tourist, a skinny dipper, politics, and code have in common?
They mostly don't do well upon close inspection 8)
Let's not complicate things unduly. Stroll to the nearest internet cafe, send an anonymous mail and pay with cash. If it makes you feel better you can even wear a mustache and a dodgy hat.
..like someone who uses the same damn noun to often. Karma is for people with insight
this article would have been Slashdotted before I thouched TFA
The parent is a bit overboard here. Granted he has several accurate points. You can pour your life in to it and not master it completly, but on the other hand I'm in my second semester and I've had plenty of meaningfull conversations with native speakers. Albeit not with children attending kinder garden.
scientists from all over the world fled to the US from totalitarien oppressive regimes, in which true and unbiased research was made difficult and or illegal. Maybe it's time your best and bravest come to us?
Ah.. The impressive running speed of a slashdotted toy..