Are they selling old movies in HD-DVD/Blu-ray? I don't imagine that many people want them, given that the switch from VHS to DVD really wasn't that long ago.
Does the average consumer know the advantages of either format? I for one don't even know how they are better than DVD except perhaps higher resolution or longer play time. Then again, I don't particularly care.:)
I agree with this: "Human beings are sufficiently capable of anthropomorphizing... or empathizing... to treat even obviously non-humanoid things as human."
And I likewise disagree with this: "Robots only need to be reasonably human-like in appearance and behavior".
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Telcos have been refusing to sell DSL without telephone service for much longer than voip has been viable.
HA! GODWIN'S-- Oh, wait. Nevermind.
They've never come after me for my [NO CARRIER]
Kudos to you, sir.
http://xkcd.com/257/
Are they selling old movies in HD-DVD/Blu-ray? I don't imagine that many people want them, given that the switch from VHS to DVD really wasn't that long ago.
:)
Does the average consumer know the advantages of either format? I for one don't even know how they are better than DVD except perhaps higher resolution or longer play time. Then again, I don't particularly care.
How will they dispose of these beads? Throw them in the dump and let the chemical seep into the groundwater?
I have this vision of an entire town of amnesiacs.
To clarify:
I agree with this: "Human beings are sufficiently capable of anthropomorphizing... or empathizing... to treat even obviously non-humanoid things as human."
And I likewise disagree with this: "Robots only need to be reasonably human-like in appearance and behavior".
Agreed! :)
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So how did these pre-mitochondrial animals generate ATP? (IANACellBiologist)