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Comment Re:Internet kill switch (Score 1) 840

If it were possible to kill the internet in the US by taking over, destroying or infiltrating one organization or facility, wouldn't that constitute internet FAIL?

Isn't one of the core properties of the internet that it is built to be indestructible? So, yeah, Egypt has only a few lines going into the country and they can cut those off, but I doubt they've even managed to totally shut down their own internet completely... and they're a dictatorship.

Comment My computer (Score 1) 671

For every IQ point my computer picks up, the line dividing "Your life is AWESOME" and "Your life is HELL" moves up a notch. Eventually there will be very few if any people above the line. I would hope by that point we will have come up with a new way of doing economics... otherwise, I guess we just try eat the rich through a wall of killer robots.

Comment Re:If we rephrase it (Score 1) 358

Yes, and the virtual sex is just as good too, right?

Not to mention that a large part of the value of a âoerealâ thing is its potential rarity. A girl with pretty eyes might be one in a million and therefore looking into those eyes has a substantial emotional value. An avatar with pretty eyes is as common as a copy command and therefore has almost no intrinsic value since your copy is no better than that person's over there.

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