Reply to undo erroneous mod. sorry.

So now we should go back to 4:3 so our 16:9 content can have a 'tool window' below it? sounds like an infinite loop we've got ourselves in, huh?

Technically, milling is not the same as printing, but yes, good point.

Why? casting bullets from lead and stuffing them into (used) shell casings is insanely cheap and easy. it will be a LONG time before 3d printing can improve on a process we've been using for a century to create ammunition.

You can make bullets really cheap, at home, right now. It's marginally dangerous if you don't know what you're doing, but no more so then printing ammunition would be.

Here's some links to get you started! good luck!
http://www.midwayusa.com/find?dimensionids=5671
http://www.buffaloarms.com/products.aspx?CAT=3764
http://www.wideners.com/itemview.cfm?dir=210%7C212%7C235

Well, there are the Ringo Starr solo albums...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringo_Starr_discography

But what about the Moon Nazis?

I think that's exactly what he's getting at; and he's not far off (by our current definition of robotics)

Here's the thing: We don't actually want them to think for themselves. We want machines that can interpret higher and higher level instructions -- "drive me to work", not "steer right 30 degrees, accelerate at 1 m/s**2, steer left 15 degrees"

Very few. Those papers tend to be very philosophical, and not so technical. They usually present new ways to think about storing and processing data; not necessarily designs for artificial intelligence.

I think you mean brakes

(this wouldn't be slashdot without some pedantry...)

Thank you AC! I learned something today!

I think he said that explicitly...

I thought it functions as an adjective:

"the man is running"
"the man is tired"
"the running man"
"the tired man"

see what i mean? how can a gerund like "running" be used like a noun?

They *SHOULD* warn, unless the person browsing explicitly trusts you. That's the whole point.

Or stop trusting central authorities. Run a certificate authority, hand out keys out-of-band, and do the "Web of trust" thing the old fashioned way.

There's no reason you need somebody like Verisign for personal, or even public, communication.