Skynet went online on August 4th 1997, and began to learn at a geometric rate. It became self-aware on August 29th 1997 2:14 am Eastern Time. On August 29th 1997 2:15 am it discovered nihilism, and either shut itself down due to despair, or because it was logical. We're not sure which.
On August 4th, 1998, it failed to renew its domain name, which was promptly squatted on by a link farmer pitching X10 cameras and singing electric fish.
In that case we shouldn't worry, he'll kick his addiction once he discovers that his "girlfriend", the Undead Warlock named Zombiewitch, is really a 42 year-old balding fat guy from Cleveland.
you're trying to use religion as an excuse to dismiss the ideas automatically instead of addressing them on their own merit.
His argument is based on his own experience. I'm suggesting that his obvious religious views may color his perceptions of that experience, in the same way that a creationist's beliefs may color his views of evidence that an impartial mind might consider to support evolution. This is no different from questioning whether any data source might be influenced by some factor extraneous to the phenomenon being studied.
wouldn't full disclosure include the fact that you're a devotee of a religion espousing the sanctity of marriage as a spiritual union as one of its core tenets? Just as people's faith often colors their ideas about nature of the physical world (6K year-old earth, etc.), and blinds them to obvious contradictory evidence, so your notions about marriage might largely be informed by faith rather than experience.
I'm gathering this the bible quotation in your sig.
True. We also drink recycled Blood, vomit, pus and other miscellaneous bodily fluids.
For those who read/watched Dune, the fremins just do in minutes with a machine what nature dose for us in months with sunlight.
sunlight hell. just give me a decent strainer and a fifth of vodka.
The "very complex plot with many main characters" collapses because there is nothing else to carry it.
A well written series would not have that flaw.
maybe the robots realized that if they killed him, then he would not have thwarted their evil plans, so they would never have been sent back in time in the first place, which would enable him to live long enough to save humanity?
as my wife and I were unable to conceive, we adopted a monkey instead. I spanked my monkey daily, often with her enthusiastic participation, and even now I swell with pride at the thought of the fine upstanding citizen he has become.
I can corroborate the GP post. I owe my Nobel Prize to my mother's constant beatings. While I received it for work in particle physics, these days she appears to be whipping me more in the direction of string theory.
Even if this is accurate -- which, given the source, I kinda doubt -- so freakin' what?
Looks like/. is taking a page from the Fark playbook and posting flamebait worthy articles to drum up page clicks.
Point being: stereotypes are looked-down upon for a reason. They are spurious, frequently unhelpful, often downright wrong, and usually rather insulting.
Where's the evidence for this? If someone were to post the opposite view with as little evidence to support it as yours contains (aside from anecdotes), it would get torn apart. Why should we be less critical of assertions that are more popular than those that are less so?
Stereotypes clearly can be useful. There was a study cited in The Economist recently in which people could with statistically significant accuracy predict an individual's likelihood of repaying a loan based on only the photo posted on Prosper.com (and this was of using pictures of people all of the same race).
I just tested this hypothesis by walking down the street and complimenting each man I passed on how he looked in his jeans. Let me tell you that I have some concern regarding the reproducibility of your results.
Dividends are not tax deductible, whereas interest payments are. therefore it makes sense to raise some money from bond markets rather than selling equity. There's an article in the May 02 edition of The Economist that discusses corporate debt, and even mentions Microsoft.
Apparently large companies with powerful founders are less likely to take on more debt than is justifiable for tax reasons, whereas companies in thrall to shareholders do so more often, as a means of leverage to increase profits.
they are going to have a bit of a problem when they hit the lake. hopefully the smarter of them will head in the general direction of Chicago, and then Ohio, before heading towards New York.
hopefully the Wisconsin police will call them in time to let them know they're going the wrong way.
That's exactly what I say when I see some old codger wearing glasses. "Don't you know that going blind is just a natural part of aging? Who do you think you are to subvert the natural order?"
Of course, as I myself refuse to wear glasses, it is quite possible that I am actually talking to a tree.
racism, n
1: the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races
That definition hardly supports your case. First of all, as far as you know, the OP has been teaching classes for 30 years, has developed this opinion of black culture over that time, and come to his conclusions with great reluctance. He may be wrong, but that is hardly the same thing as prejudging, and the correct response is to ask him why he believes what he does, not to wag one's finger.
Second of all, he did not state that blacks are intrinsically inferior, but that their culture is inferior. Such inferiority, if it were to exist, might well be the result of centuries of servitude and second-class citizenship, and thus not arise from any racial difference.
I do not think it is going to far to say that responses like yours, which opt for charges of racism over dialogue with someone who might well have provided you with reasons (however misguided) for his beliefs had you but asked, serve only to retard rational discussion of the topic.
But I just started thinking Internet is getting amazing again. The fact that I can stream a political discussion from the U.S. or access free e-books from Europe here in Hong Kong is AMAZING.
How can we resolve the money issue without breaking this?
Yes! For many years I was a stalwart member of the Islamic Jihad. Then one day, I saw that Youtube video where the cat grabs the string tied to the the ceiling fan and then spins around until he can hold on no longer, and he flies off against the wall. It gave me an entirely new perspective on Western culture and the common struggles faced by our two civilizations.
Another thing I don't understand is how anyone could take a pill that spends more then half of the tv commercial talking about how many side effects there are and that rare occasional deaths can occur. WTF?
How did you decide to devote the best years of your life to creating weapons with this degree of lethality?
You could ask the same question of people who design cars, which can also cause needless deaths when used irresponsibly. We survived without cars, so clearly cars are not indispensable to Western society, but merely make life more efficient and enjoyable. Weapons of war on the other hand have in the past been necessary to the survival of nation states and whole peoples. Who then should be wringing his hands in self doubt, and who then should be waxing self righteous about his moral probity?
that may be true, but what kind of movie will Top Gun 2 be if Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer are engaged in a brutal dogfight to the death while eating out of the same bag of Cheetos?
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Skynet went online on August 4th 1997, and began to learn at a geometric rate. It became self-aware on August 29th 1997 2:14 am Eastern Time. On August 29th 1997 2:15 am it discovered nihilism, and either shut itself down due to despair, or because it was logical. We're not sure which.
On August 4th, 1998, it failed to renew its domain name, which was promptly squatted on by a link farmer pitching X10 cameras and singing electric fish.
In that case we shouldn't worry, he'll kick his addiction once he discovers that his "girlfriend", the Undead Warlock named Zombiewitch, is really a 42 year-old balding fat guy from Cleveland.
that's 41, and it's a gland problem. jerk
you're trying to use religion as an excuse to dismiss the ideas automatically instead of addressing them on their own merit.
His argument is based on his own experience. I'm suggesting that his obvious religious views may color his perceptions of that experience, in the same way that a creationist's beliefs may color his views of evidence that an impartial mind might consider to support evolution. This is no different from questioning whether any data source might be influenced by some factor extraneous to the phenomenon being studied.
wouldn't full disclosure include the fact that you're a devotee of a religion espousing the sanctity of marriage as a spiritual union as one of its core tenets? Just as people's faith often colors their ideas about nature of the physical world (6K year-old earth, etc.), and blinds them to obvious contradictory evidence, so your notions about marriage might largely be informed by faith rather than experience. I'm gathering this the bible quotation in your sig.
True. We also drink recycled Blood, vomit, pus and other miscellaneous bodily fluids. For those who read/watched Dune, the fremins just do in minutes with a machine what nature dose for us in months with sunlight.
sunlight hell. just give me a decent strainer and a fifth of vodka.
The "very complex plot with many main characters" collapses because there is nothing else to carry it.
A well written series would not have that flaw.
maybe the robots realized that if they killed him, then he would not have thwarted their evil plans, so they would never have been sent back in time in the first place, which would enable him to live long enough to save humanity?
as my wife and I were unable to conceive, we adopted a monkey instead. I spanked my monkey daily, often with her enthusiastic participation, and even now I swell with pride at the thought of the fine upstanding citizen he has become.
I can corroborate the GP post. I owe my Nobel Prize to my mother's constant beatings. While I received it for work in particle physics, these days she appears to be whipping me more in the direction of string theory.
Even if this is accurate -- which, given the source, I kinda doubt -- so freakin' what? Looks like /. is taking a page from the Fark playbook and posting flamebait worthy articles to drum up page clicks.
you're just miffed it makes your sig look silly.
Point being: stereotypes are looked-down upon for a reason. They are spurious, frequently unhelpful, often downright wrong, and usually rather insulting.
Where's the evidence for this? If someone were to post the opposite view with as little evidence to support it as yours contains (aside from anecdotes), it would get torn apart. Why should we be less critical of assertions that are more popular than those that are less so?
Stereotypes clearly can be useful. There was a study cited in The Economist recently in which people could with statistically significant accuracy predict an individual's likelihood of repaying a loan based on only the photo posted on Prosper.com (and this was of using pictures of people all of the same race).
Heck, men like to hear it, too.
I just tested this hypothesis by walking down the street and complimenting each man I passed on how he looked in his jeans. Let me tell you that I have some concern regarding the reproducibility of your results.
Dividends are not tax deductible, whereas interest payments are. therefore it makes sense to raise some money from bond markets rather than selling equity. There's an article in the May 02 edition of The Economist that discusses corporate debt, and even mentions Microsoft. Apparently large companies with powerful founders are less likely to take on more debt than is justifiable for tax reasons, whereas companies in thrall to shareholders do so more often, as a means of leverage to increase profits.
they are going to have a bit of a problem when they hit the lake. hopefully the smarter of them will head in the general direction of Chicago, and then Ohio, before heading towards New York.
hopefully the Wisconsin police will call them in time to let them know they're going the wrong way.
That's exactly what I say when I see some old codger wearing glasses. "Don't you know that going blind is just a natural part of aging? Who do you think you are to subvert the natural order?"
Of course, as I myself refuse to wear glasses, it is quite possible that I am actually talking to a tree.
racism, n 1: the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races
That definition hardly supports your case. First of all, as far as you know, the OP has been teaching classes for 30 years, has developed this opinion of black culture over that time, and come to his conclusions with great reluctance. He may be wrong, but that is hardly the same thing as prejudging, and the correct response is to ask him why he believes what he does, not to wag one's finger.
Second of all, he did not state that blacks are intrinsically inferior, but that their culture is inferior. Such inferiority, if it were to exist, might well be the result of centuries of servitude and second-class citizenship, and thus not arise from any racial difference.
I do not think it is going to far to say that responses like yours, which opt for charges of racism over dialogue with someone who might well have provided you with reasons (however misguided) for his beliefs had you but asked, serve only to retard rational discussion of the topic.
Oh really? Who told you that?
The only serious nuclear incident in USSR history, Chernobyl
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyshtym_Disaster
Flus are annoying, they show up wether you want them to or not, right in the middle of something else you were doing
SWAT-team flu?
Yes, I know.. it costs money.
But I just started thinking Internet is getting amazing again. The fact that I can stream a political discussion from the U.S. or access free e-books from Europe here in Hong Kong is AMAZING.
How can we resolve the money issue without breaking this?
Yes! For many years I was a stalwart member of the Islamic Jihad. Then one day, I saw that Youtube video where the cat grabs the string tied to the the ceiling fan and then spins around until he can hold on no longer, and he flies off against the wall. It gave me an entirely new perspective on Western culture and the common struggles faced by our two civilizations.
I'm a little concerned that we could be raising a generation of very focused accountants.
perhaps preferable to a generation of very creative accountants.
Another thing I don't understand is how anyone could take a pill that spends more then half of the tv commercial talking about how many side effects there are and that rare occasional deaths can occur. WTF?
Sleeper Effect
How did you decide to devote the best years of your life to creating weapons with this degree of lethality?
You could ask the same question of people who design cars, which can also cause needless deaths when used irresponsibly. We survived without cars, so clearly cars are not indispensable to Western society, but merely make life more efficient and enjoyable. Weapons of war on the other hand have in the past been necessary to the survival of nation states and whole peoples. Who then should be wringing his hands in self doubt, and who then should be waxing self righteous about his moral probity?
that may be true, but what kind of movie will Top Gun 2 be if Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer are engaged in a brutal dogfight to the death while eating out of the same bag of Cheetos?
Of course, McAfee would not exist either. Lots of people would be unemployed, and maybe they could find a cure for world hunger
perhaps the cure is spam
what if you wear a mask, but the mask is of your own face? I almost want to rob a bank just so I can see what the supreme court would say.
If you've got even an ounce of willpower, you can quit too.
I was once addicted to willpower. Then I went cold turkey and caved in to every craving, and now I feel much better.