It's not. That was the end of 2011, when Greece nearly defaulted and got a bailout. Too many banks in Europe had Greek bonds, and they were worried about that contagion.

Since that time, all the other banks have divested themselves of Greek bonds (and have been recapitalized by the ECB). There is no worry of contagion this time, because no one expected Greece to repay anything, and they prepared appropriately. The European governments are laughing as Greece falls over the edge.

So what will Greece do? The first thing Greece will do is refuse to make interest payments (not on everything at first.....EFSF loans don't need to start being paid back until 2023, for example). That will give them a bit more money, but the major problem is not having enough money to pay their bills. Mandatory furloughs of government workers, riots, etc. Will they leave the Euro? Who knows, but that won't help the fundamental problem that the government spends more than it takes in (and now it can't borrow anymore).

If you want to watch for a time to worry, the time will be when Germany, or France, or the United States can no longer borrow. Then there will be another 2008.

A bit harder to transport to a client's office, though.

These machines are obviously aimed at a particular niche that full desktop workstations can't cater for.

Good idea. I will do that.

Let me say it more explicitly for you. Chances are you've never looked at Bill Gates' code. You don't know how good it is. You haven't seen any of his work in AI. You don't understand the work Stephen Hawking did in physics, and Elon Musk? Really? Why do you even think his opinion on AI is worth anything? The only reason you trust them is because they are famous, because they are celebrities.

You are trusting them because they are famous, not because of their skill. You don't even know what their skill is related to AI. So you are no better than the person who listens to the Kardashians because they are famous.

Change now and you will be a better person.

Takes one to know one, huh?

Good point.

Poor guy.
At least he hasn't hit this point yet

Your trust is worth nothing, though.

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You'll pay for the whole spacesuit but you'll only use the pants! BE THERE (by telepresence) OR BE SQUARE. etc.

If that's the price of actually developing space industry to the point of having a Wal-Mart of outer space, so be it. Then I can buy me a space ship and fly... past the sky.

Good point.

You can look at this a different way, answer these questions (true or false):

1) The government only acts for the interests of the wealthy few.
2) George Bush only wanted to help his rich friends.
3) Obama only wants to help his rich friends.
4) Rand Paul only wants to help his rich friends.

You find this to be true because you sound too much like the latter. Change the tone of your writing and you'll end up with better conversations.

The article says you have have Win 7 Pro with this one instead of Win 8.1 if you want.

The article does mention that a 91Wh alternative battery is available when you configure the device, which presumably makes battery life (somewhat) more competitive.

The sad reality is no one has any idea what AI will look like. 'AI experts' don't know any better than the rest of us.

AI researchers are mostly busy working on weak-AI (which of course is a useful field in its own right).