Comment Re:must... protect.... god... (Score 1) 294
I was smitten by a llama once. Her name was Doris. She was an accountant. We met at one of those speed dating things, and just hit it off. Ah, Doris...
I was smitten by a llama once. Her name was Doris. She was an accountant. We met at one of those speed dating things, and just hit it off. Ah, Doris...
hey
Love most of your comments, BTW. You have a good mind.
Having said that, I think this is more about mental break-though; self-awareness, teleological mechanisms.
might be dude -- no first hand experience, what I read on the 'net (darn Internet)
Mazer Rackham is Maori -- the facial tattoo is typically applied to the face if you are a male.
Meh, I'll just hold out for the Swedish version -- you know, the one this film is a remake of
Yeah. You know you coached her while your wife was occupied elsewhere. Nice play, dad!
Kind of no-brainer when you consider that Thai writing is borrowed from India (Pali, Sanskrit) by way of King Ramkamhaeng around the 13th century. Many Indian languages are considered Indo-European (yeah, that's the Indo), so they will have many words in common with... yes, European dialects.
Anything behind a barbed wire fence should never be connected to the Internet.
Earl! Unplug the cows!
Ahh, spring... When a young AC's thoughts turn to love...
If only I had mod points... Well crafted.
ahh, spring -- AC's bloom!
love scarlet, supplants green buds
a flash of brilliance
Wheeler is a former president of the F.F.R.H.H. (Foxes For the Raiding of Hen Houses) Assn. Despite his close ties to industries he will soon regulate, some media watchdogs are willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. "As someone who has known Tom for years, I believe that he will be an independent, proactive chairman," said Gigi B. Sohn, president and chief executive of Public Knowledge, adding that she has "no doubt that Tom will have an open door and an open mind, and that ultimately his decisions will be based on what he genuinely believes is best for the public interest, not any particular industry."
The solution: bolt a PA system on the robot that would allow you to loop customized messages, say every 15 seconds or so. Just make sure you QC the recording.
"Don't worry -- I'm a robot and I'm ^#@!! here to eat you."
"Don't worry -- I'm a robot and I'm ^#@!! here to eat you."
"Don't worry -- I'm a robot and I'm ^#@!! here to eat you."
Since we're all conjecturing anyways... what if we haven't reached a certain technological threshold? Or maybe it isn't technology at all -- we're so stuck on this idea that technology is great. If it is so great, why do people suffer so much? Everything from disillusionment with their life to *real* problems like poverty and hunger.
What if I real sign of intelligence is to *not* work your ass off, missing out on the important things in life, so you can buy a bigger flat screen TV? What if a sign of intelligence is altruism?
Maybe said aliens are just waiting for humans to reach this threshold of understanding where they feel comfortable enough interacting with us, somewhat secure that the message they are bringing could even be appreciated.
That's the same argument as the Second Coming happening in that person's lifetime Is it? Why? All of us might be dead and gone for 1000 years before aliens make contact us.
The question of why aliens might 'want to come here' is probably fundamentally flawed because we are forming that question from our current (tiny) viewpoint. The word 'want' might not apply at all to someone 1000 times smarter than us.
Who cut the cheese? This can so easily be turned on it's head. It would be just as easy to posit that said aliens, because of their intelligence and enlightened nature, have made it their life's purpose to seek out primitive cultures and assist in their evolution.
Or seek out life forms and destroy their plants. Sort of the galactic equivalent of driving down the highway and shooting road signs. Highly populated, spherical road signs, with significant mass (and gravity).
this phrase was used by geologist wearing beer goggles...
That's
1) my dad
2) his dad
3) a random homeless person
4) all of the above
you insensitive clod!
Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes. -- Mickey Mouse
