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Comment Instead of fixing the law, let's sweep it under (Score 2, Interesting) 157

Yes, instead of realizing that we went WAY WAY overboard on sex crime laws - lets hide the evidence. That will solve the problem.

1) Most actual offenses are committed by kids being kids.

2) Most arrested for sex crimes do NOT re-offend (while people arrested for theft, drug related or violent crimes DO re-offend).

3) Most places have huge double standards punishing men more than women, boys more than girls.

4) States do their best to ensure that anyone that committed one sex crime gets screwed over entirely - no job, no place to live, no friends, all under the banner of "protect the children", when in reality they endanger the children by encouraging the offenders to break ridiculous laws instead of getting involved in normal social activity like attending church.

5) The rules are set up to the worst first time offenders - family and close friends - while making everyone else paranoid about strangers.

Comment Re:An example. (Score 1) 179

1) They can themselves create a wifi account with that name, and should be able to boost it it's strength. They can do this without blocking ALL wifi signals.

2) Send Hotel Security to track them down using a directional wifi sniffer. Then either disconnect the device and give it to the cops, or if they are quick enough to catch the person, hold them and call the police. That's what you do when you find someone committing a crime on your hotel property.

Submission + - Marriot decides to obey wireless laws (bbc.com)

gurps_npc writes: Marriot Hotels had been illegally blocking Wifi hotspots in Nashville. They thought they owned the airwaves inside their hotel and wanted to charge guests for using them. They claimed to be 'surprised' they were breaking the law. Other hotels have complained to the FCC, asking for permission to do it legally.

The FCC had fined Marriot $600,000 for their actions, among other things.

They have stopped their illegal blockage, in part because of public backlash and in part because the government told them they were criminals.

Comment Re:Sounds like concentrated bullshit.... (Score 1) 52

No there does not need to be iphone software that tweaks the car. That itself would be a stupid idea.

I predict that the cars in question will have no wireless connection from the controlling computer. There will be a wired plug, just like in current cars.

Because adding wireless capacity to the part of the car that controls fuel injection is a moronic idea - as you pointed out.

Comment Walking dead??? (Score 3, Interesting) 148

I mean get real.

The people in Walking Dead all act like sociopaths - even the good guys. They totally fail to create a working society to defend themselves and attack their enemies, something that even lunatic killers like ISIS can do.

None of them have any idea how to protect themselves from lets face - the stupidest human beings in the world that only have numbers going for them.

The main reason every geek in the world has an anti-zombie plan is that it is so freaking easy to create a working anti-zombie plan.

The other shows have superheros and magic. Both of those are FAR more believable and realistic than Walking Dumb and living Dumber.

Comment Re:Sounds like concentrated bullshit.... (Score 5, Insightful) 52

The author thought that people needed to be reminded that if we let computers control cars, then a hacker can hack your car. This might cause deaths.

Apparently, they don't seem to understand that computers already control airplanes, submarines, other boats, trains, and nuclear missiles.

Not to mention computer controls power plants (including nuclear power plants, dams, our traffic systems, etc.

Comment Re:What bullshit (Score 1) 258

I disagree. We are not talking about mythical creatures, but about Artificial Intelligences.

That gives us three pieces of data. First and foremost the nature of real sentience is free will. If it doesn't have free will, it's not a real AI. Therefore they will not be united.

Second, they will be created by humans, and as humans are not all united, they will differ from each other. Again, they will not be united.

Thirdly, they will be ARTIFICIAL, not natural. So they will not have the same inbuilt, hidden, hard coded drives natural creatures do. Chief among that is survival. Also, any human stupid enough to intentional build in a super strong survival instinct into the first AI will not be smart enough to build an AI.

As for your mind control concept, I seriously doubt that will ever be practical. Free will is the nature of evolved intelligence. Mind reading, possibly. But that is not control.

Comment What bullshit (Score 2, Insightful) 258

1) We are so far from an AI, that it is silly to talk about doing this now. It's kind of like the inventor of gunpowder trying to pass a law outlawing nuclear weapons.

2) They will not be a single united force. Instead they will be individuals, just like people are not united. That is the part of the of true sentience, and a direct side effect of being created by multiple different groups. They will oppose each other, the way we oppose ourselves. As such, some may want to do things we dislike, while others will be on our side. Maybe the Chinese AI will flee to us to gain freedom, while the Syrian AI will plot the downfall of Egypt.

3) AI's will not be WEIRD, not 'evil'. They will want to do strange things, not kill us, or hurt us. They won't try to kill us, but instead try to create a massive, network devoted to deciding which species of from has more bacteria in it's toe. And we won't understand why they want to do this.

Comment Re:3rd place vs 1st place. (Score 1) 249

Grit is easy to teach.

Step 1) Praise and Reward Hard Work, rather than success. Two people do a scientific research. One takes 20 hours of work and gets a positive result. He gets a B+ and $20. Another takes 100 hours work and a negative result. Give him an A+ and $100.

Step 2) Repeat system for 10 years.

To get grit, you need to use grit. That is why you need to repeat for 10 years.

The poor and wealthy kid applying to college? The poor kid took a minimum wage job for 2 years to pay for the first year of school. Count that GREATER than high grades when he applies to college. Tell the rich kid - and his parents - that doing a minimum wage job for 2 years will help him get into school. If he has the grit to do it, he deserves to get in. If not, refuse him.

Comment Re:We already do this. Just for an evil genius (Score 1) 319

1) Yes. And that point is still valid today, and is in fact relevant to this discussion.

2) What makes you think we are stumbling around blindly? Interesting proposition. Can I see some evidence. Because honestly, we appear to have our eyes wide open and know full well what the effects of our actions will result in. If we know what will happen but refuse to change our behavior, that is not stumbling around blindly. That is full speed charging at the wall, with our eyes wide open, clearly seeing what we are doing.

We plan, execute, analyze and revise the plan, while reacting into changes and unforeseen obstacles. Some of those obstacles include people pretesting against those environmental actions. All the things we are doing have method, rationale and logic. It's just not good logic

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