I'm not saying that the Three Laws are perfect, or the best way to approach robotics. In Asimov's novels people ended up creating 4-law robots, and a no-law robot(Caliban).
But I think that they have become "accepted" because they are a good starting point for robotics that don't harm humans, and they can work.
My main point was however, not to pitty patty someone just because they're not a qualified expert.
The Three laws aren't accepted purely because everyone's a big Asimov geek, but because they make sense and they work. He doesn't need to be a robotics expert, Asimov was a very intelligent man and had some marvellous ideas.
Ideas come from all kinds of places, not just white-coats. If it wasn't for Star Trek, a lot of real world advanced physics would probably be years behind what we have now.
It's nice to have a solid representation of something you own. With the digital age I don't fully trust or "feel" the whole situation. It's nice to have something solid.
PC Games tend to come on DVDs these days, even the fastest broadband would take long enough to download 4.7GB, and that's only going to go up just as fast as higher connection speeds in future. I don't think downloading is a very viable method of online distribution. It takes up far too much bandwidth to be worth it.
Here in Ireland/Britian we get shows like Scrubs, Lost, etc. months after you do. This service could become immensely popular with people in Ireland(when we get real broadband in about 20 years time) & Britian and any other English speaking language. This could cause a large negative impact to broadcasting companies like Sky because their shows will already be months outdated.
I'd like to see how this pans out. I have no objection to installing Windows Media Player 10 if it stays the hell away from everything else when it's not running, and all this works over the college firewall(another massive user base).
All you have to hope is that the MMORPG makes it's way over to Nintendo revolution, where the D20 attatchment can sit right between your Proton-Gun/Ghost Trap and Golf-stick(mind the windows).
Buy Creative.
Seriously, why are people still buying iPods when they still have these ridiculous limitations? They're not even technically mp3 players!
People who just laugh this away remind me of the "slippery slope" people for gay marriage. So much of what we already have is through impossible ideas, why do we feel the need to be realist now?
How much did our ancestors create in the name and pursuit of magic, gods and the divine, which would be seen as impossible to the scientists of today?
It is not necessarily the end product, but the journey that matters. Who knows what we'll create along the way. Many medicines where found while looking for the cure to other diseases.
This is no different. Even if we don't acieve Warp Drive, we may find something different that could be just as useful. We understand so little about the universe, it's snobbish, in my opinion, to laugh up wonderous theory.
If you search for the "Dalai Lama" on google china, you pretty much get redirected to a page saying what a criminal the Dalai Lama is.
http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=6984
Though you probably already knew that. Doesn't seem to work from a western IP though.
If you've been following it's development there are still tons of issues to work around. If they release before Novemember, they face massive shortages and lackluster launch titles, as well as increased costs.
It's going to cost close to $800 per console. I'm guessing it will be sold for $650 with around a 100 dollar loss. Not good, at all.
I had a lot of trouble when I was setting up a website at work because PHP was the wrong version. I hope that this new one doesn't cause any issues with the existing WAMP configuration(or LAMP for that matter).
This kind of worries me, did it just say that you have to use it where your CD Drive is supposed to be? Surely one of the big uses of extent power would be to finally use CDs/DVDs on the go? Not good.
This got me thinking. I bet the first thing that scientist do when they reach an advanced state of genetic engineering is resurrect the Dodo, just to shut people up who use that annoying phrase.
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Try this: http://www.the-sisters-of-mercy.com/clock.html
I'm not saying that the Three Laws are perfect, or the best way to approach robotics. In Asimov's novels people ended up creating 4-law robots, and a no-law robot(Caliban). But I think that they have become "accepted" because they are a good starting point for robotics that don't harm humans, and they can work. My main point was however, not to pitty patty someone just because they're not a qualified expert.
The Three laws aren't accepted purely because everyone's a big Asimov geek, but because they make sense and they work. He doesn't need to be a robotics expert, Asimov was a very intelligent man and had some marvellous ideas. Ideas come from all kinds of places, not just white-coats. If it wasn't for Star Trek, a lot of real world advanced physics would probably be years behind what we have now.
It's nice to have a solid representation of something you own. With the digital age I don't fully trust or "feel" the whole situation. It's nice to have something solid.
PC Games tend to come on DVDs these days, even the fastest broadband would take long enough to download 4.7GB, and that's only going to go up just as fast as higher connection speeds in future. I don't think downloading is a very viable method of online distribution. It takes up far too much bandwidth to be worth it.
Crappy result set. Artificial "Help, I can't find my socks in my sock drawer" more like it.
Here in Ireland/Britian we get shows like Scrubs, Lost, etc. months after you do. This service could become immensely popular with people in Ireland(when we get real broadband in about 20 years time) & Britian and any other English speaking language. This could cause a large negative impact to broadcasting companies like Sky because their shows will already be months outdated. I'd like to see how this pans out. I have no objection to installing Windows Media Player 10 if it stays the hell away from everything else when it's not running, and all this works over the college firewall(another massive user base).
All you have to hope is that the MMORPG makes it's way over to Nintendo revolution, where the D20 attatchment can sit right between your Proton-Gun/Ghost Trap and Golf-stick(mind the windows).
Buy Creative. Seriously, why are people still buying iPods when they still have these ridiculous limitations? They're not even technically mp3 players!
People who just laugh this away remind me of the "slippery slope" people for gay marriage. So much of what we already have is through impossible ideas, why do we feel the need to be realist now? How much did our ancestors create in the name and pursuit of magic, gods and the divine, which would be seen as impossible to the scientists of today? It is not necessarily the end product, but the journey that matters. Who knows what we'll create along the way. Many medicines where found while looking for the cure to other diseases. This is no different. Even if we don't acieve Warp Drive, we may find something different that could be just as useful. We understand so little about the universe, it's snobbish, in my opinion, to laugh up wonderous theory.
They'd invent a computer powered off a geek. Solve half of the obesity problem pretty damn quickly.
If you search for the "Dalai Lama" on google china, you pretty much get redirected to a page saying what a criminal the Dalai Lama is. http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=6984
Though you probably already knew that. Doesn't seem to work from a western IP though.
If you've been following it's development there are still tons of issues to work around. If they release before Novemember, they face massive shortages and lackluster launch titles, as well as increased costs. It's going to cost close to $800 per console. I'm guessing it will be sold for $650 with around a 100 dollar loss. Not good, at all.
We finally have a cure for all those poor labrats who, during cruel and unusual expirements, were exposed to Goatse.
I wonder if "WAMP" is the noise made when someone knocks over the LAMP on top of the SCAMP?
Why didn't she cure LaForge's sight? This is a hoax, I tell you!
I had a lot of trouble when I was setting up a website at work because PHP was the wrong version. I hope that this new one doesn't cause any issues with the existing WAMP configuration(or LAMP for that matter).
Does it have a built in laser-wrist watch?
Is giving gamers such a voice really a wise idea? They'll only use it to say "lol" and "i pwned you bitch haha".
This kind of worries me, did it just say that you have to use it where your CD Drive is supposed to be? Surely one of the big uses of extent power would be to finally use CDs/DVDs on the go? Not good.
This got me thinking. I bet the first thing that scientist do when they reach an advanced state of genetic engineering is resurrect the Dodo, just to shut people up who use that annoying phrase.
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=179911 &cid=14898159
Dudes, I was JOKING!
I think I've finally figured out what "Elephant Man"'s mutant power was!
Can it ride clams naked? Now THAT would be an achievement.
In hundreds of years, we may be able to create the first fully grown sentient being smaller than Gary Coleman.