Unless I can get a disc forget it. I really like my PS3, but I am not dumb enough to buy downloaded games that will disappear when PSN stops supporting them or when after that I have to replace the ps3. I still play 20 year old computer games and unless I can play these games in another 20 years I will not buy them.
Though I sympathize, for me that'd depend on the price. That said, I do wish both Sony and Nintendo would take a page from Apple's book and make it so that if you pay for something like that their other devices you own now and in the future would also be able to download and access that content. This nonsense of locking the content to the device is unacceptable.
I just try to work the word 'twit' into the conversation in place of 'tweet' whenever possible. You need to do so as if you didn't notice any difference.
Is that because it's actually silly or because being annoyed with it makes you look like you're ahead of the internet curve?
I don't mean to sound insulting, I just think geeks in particular like to grumble about things that are loved by the masses in order to seem above average. I'm not too proud to admit that I do that.
According to the third movie I think Skynet was meant to be more of a defence system than a weapon.. I can't remember though, I usually try to pretend that movie never existed.
The third movie was vague, probably because the writers didn't really understand the original movies very well. From what was described it was, in essence, a problem solving computer. That was basically it. The rest of the chaos that insued was largely due to the future Terminator's interference. The Sarah Connor Chronicles understood it better. It was more.. emotional.. than it should have been, but I think they more or less understood what the intent was.
The point is that even if we don't build a weapon per se, we have lots of advanced manufacturing facilities that could be used to build them. Skynet was originally just a computer program that built its own warriors.
No, it wasn't. SkyNet was a supercomputer that flew armed airplanes. Cyberdyne, for example, wasn't building automated factories. There's actually a huge questionmark about how we got from Judgement Day to not-dead skeletons with plamsa pulse rifles. Presumably Skynet enslaved people to work for it. Again, though, the problem wasn't that the components were assembled. Heh. That's why the first two movies weren't about stopping SkyNet and the third had to cook up a way for Judgement Day to actually work.
I didn't say we should be afraid of technology at all, but if we do develop AI based on human traits, or even non human AI based on a set of rules like Asimov's laws of robotics, we obviously have to be capable what stuff it gets access to as input/output.
Right. In other words we should stop being shitheads to each other and NOT rush to build a big weapon. Amazing what scifi movies can teach us!
Seemed pretty cautionary to me: don't create powerful networked and potentially evil AIs with access to military killbots and manufacturing facilities.
Except niether of the movies ever once said that. Here's an important question: What made Skynet attack? Was it it's creation? Was it the very fact that it existed? No. It was us trying to kill it. Here's another question: Who was the hero of the second movie? 'Uncle Bob'. Who learned the 'value of human life'? 'Uncle Bob', again. In the original "Director's Cut" ending Judgement Day came and went and there was no nuclear attack. Did the destruction of CyberDyne or 'Uncle Bob's sacrifice make us stop progressing technology? No. So what happened? Good question. Maybe we stopped being shitheads to each other so we didn't need SkyNet. Or maybe we built it but never tried to turn it off because we evolved to understand the value of life better. Who knows?
None of the events in either of those movies sustain the idea that we should be afraid of technology. It was never about that. What causes all our problems is that we're assholes to each other. The same is true in Jim's other movies, too.
It's good advice!
Notice your advice only works when the 'evil' element is introduced.
a.) Terminator was not a cautionary tale. b.) There's a huge leap between unmanned drones and what happened in that movie. c.) You should be thinking about Enemy of the State, not Terminator.
Same here. I remember wondering how "This song is just six words long" is really six words long and if a contraction counted or not. That was about the time I got my first wedgie.
And no mention of bluetooth drivers to support a bluetooth keyboard. How is it that my 5yr old TREO can still be used at meetings to take notes, but the frigging iDoesEverything doesn't seem to do that? I guess Steve just assumes we'll all be emailing videos of ourselves to each other, and yet, if we try that, we'll eat through our "unlimited" AT&T data plan with the very first email!
Jesus, do I have to use a jailbroken phone? Is that really the only way to get something that actually "just works"?
I'm always amazed at just how far off apple's hype from reality is. I guess Steve's reality Distortion field just grows larger each year.
Boy, you single-issue people really like having your buttons pushed.
Why wouldn't having a mobile web-cam be interesting, especially to an IT type? "Hey I'm in the server room, but I can't find the box you're looking for. Here, I'll show you..." Don't people do that with Android already?
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Based on this, working for Foxconn in China is better than living in Canada, at least as far as suicide risk is concerned.
Only if joblessness isn't a factor in suicide. 'Spin' is a perspective, I suppose.
Unless I can get a disc forget it. I really like my PS3, but I am not dumb enough to buy downloaded games that will disappear when PSN stops supporting them or when after that I have to replace the ps3. I still play 20 year old computer games and unless I can play these games in another 20 years I will not buy them.
Though I sympathize, for me that'd depend on the price. That said, I do wish both Sony and Nintendo would take a page from Apple's book and make it so that if you pay for something like that their other devices you own now and in the future would also be able to download and access that content. This nonsense of locking the content to the device is unacceptable.
Why is that 'legal'? Are you saying that site's getting permission to publish those games?
I just try to work the word 'twit' into the conversation in place of 'tweet' whenever possible. You need to do so as if you didn't notice any difference.
Is that because it's actually silly or because being annoyed with it makes you look like you're ahead of the internet curve?
I don't mean to sound insulting, I just think geeks in particular like to grumble about things that are loved by the masses in order to seem above average. I'm not too proud to admit that I do that.
I never had a player installed. And I'm doing just fine.
It's just yet another proprietary lock-in. And most of the time it serves just waste.
Unless we're talking about phones. Then Flash is a must-have and any (i)phone that doesn't have it is a completely useless piece of garbage.
And with this, the door is now open to Rock Band: Rush.
I can't wait for Rock Boy Band where you won't have any instruments at all!
What's amazing is Apple has a monopoly when they're being jerks but when there's a conversation about marketshare they only have 3%.
But really, so it may be 18 inches for "true" retina display versus 12 inches. Ok... Big deal.
If this were about an Android phone this story would not have made it to Slashdot.
According to the third movie I think Skynet was meant to be more of a defence system than a weapon.. I can't remember though, I usually try to pretend that movie never existed.
The third movie was vague, probably because the writers didn't really understand the original movies very well. From what was described it was, in essence, a problem solving computer. That was basically it. The rest of the chaos that insued was largely due to the future Terminator's interference. The Sarah Connor Chronicles understood it better. It was more .. emotional.. than it should have been, but I think they more or less understood what the intent was.
The point is that even if we don't build a weapon per se, we have lots of advanced manufacturing facilities that could be used to build them. Skynet was originally just a computer program that built its own warriors.
No, it wasn't. SkyNet was a supercomputer that flew armed airplanes. Cyberdyne, for example, wasn't building automated factories. There's actually a huge questionmark about how we got from Judgement Day to not-dead skeletons with plamsa pulse rifles. Presumably Skynet enslaved people to work for it. Again, though, the problem wasn't that the components were assembled. Heh. That's why the first two movies weren't about stopping SkyNet and the third had to cook up a way for Judgement Day to actually work.
I didn't say we should be afraid of technology at all, but if we do develop AI based on human traits, or even non human AI based on a set of rules like Asimov's laws of robotics, we obviously have to be capable what stuff it gets access to as input/output.
Right. In other words we should stop being shitheads to each other and NOT rush to build a big weapon. Amazing what scifi movies can teach us!
Seemed pretty cautionary to me: don't create powerful networked and potentially evil AIs with access to military killbots and manufacturing facilities.
Except niether of the movies ever once said that. Here's an important question: What made Skynet attack? Was it it's creation? Was it the very fact that it existed? No. It was us trying to kill it. Here's another question: Who was the hero of the second movie? 'Uncle Bob'. Who learned the 'value of human life'? 'Uncle Bob', again. In the original "Director's Cut" ending Judgement Day came and went and there was no nuclear attack. Did the destruction of CyberDyne or 'Uncle Bob's sacrifice make us stop progressing technology? No. So what happened? Good question. Maybe we stopped being shitheads to each other so we didn't need SkyNet. Or maybe we built it but never tried to turn it off because we evolved to understand the value of life better. Who knows?
None of the events in either of those movies sustain the idea that we should be afraid of technology. It was never about that. What causes all our problems is that we're assholes to each other. The same is true in Jim's other movies, too.
It's good advice!
Notice your advice only works when the 'evil' element is introduced.
Only now they're not quite so goddamn funny.
a.) Terminator was not a cautionary tale.
b.) There's a huge leap between unmanned drones and what happened in that movie.
c.) You should be thinking about Enemy of the State, not Terminator.
Seeing a thread with this many good puns in it is pretty rare.
All kidding aside, I feel like with all these lame food jokes we're writing a Weird Al song.
I don't get why yours is marked funny and mine is marked Troll. I guess I should simmer down.
Then I realized that they had not, in fact, made a misteak.
ARGH I hate you for using that stupid pun. I hope the next time you pull out into an intersection you get T-Boned!
Funny how in the last number of years /. has moved down my list of bookmarks from top sopt to check in order to 5 or 6th in the list...
I feel that way, but it's because of overzealous fanboys and haters, not stories I can easily scroll past.
you used to hear these things on slashdot FIRST, sometimes several days ahead of the mainstream mediaa
When did that EVER happen? I've been around since 99 and people were complaining about it back then!
The pop stations near me played Weird Al...
Same here. I remember wondering how "This song is just six words long" is really six words long and if a contraction counted or not. That was about the time I got my first wedgie.
Can't do the fine, don't do the crime!
Give a hoot, don't pollute... this forum with Ad Council slogans.
And no mention of bluetooth drivers to support a bluetooth keyboard. How is it that my 5yr old TREO can still be used at meetings to take notes, but the frigging iDoesEverything doesn't seem to do that? I guess Steve just assumes we'll all be emailing videos of ourselves to each other, and yet, if we try that, we'll eat through our "unlimited" AT&T data plan with the very first email!
Jesus, do I have to use a jailbroken phone?
Is that really the only way to get something that actually "just works"?
I'm always amazed at just how far off apple's hype from reality is.
I guess Steve's reality Distortion field just grows larger each year.
Boy, you single-issue people really like having your buttons pushed.
Very good! Did you get mine?
And used by who?
Why wouldn't having a mobile web-cam be interesting, especially to an IT type? "Hey I'm in the server room, but I can't find the box you're looking for. Here, I'll show you..." Don't people do that with Android already?
So wait, you mean its impossible to post an article and then have people post continuing updates in the thread? The mind reels.
Go easy, man. Usually the complaint about Slashdot is that its news stories are days old. Give us time to adapt!
None of which would have happened had Android not shown up.
You're right! It's good for Android that Apple is around. :D
I'm also curious why people are attracted to Android.
Apps.