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!
If a society lost 90% of their men in a war, there would be ahem an upswing in older men visiting doctors to treat erections lasting more than 4 hours.
ideals fall pray to expediency and the necessity of doing whatever it takes to remain in, or to get into, office.
American History X, the flashback scene around the dinner table when a young Derek Vinyard is talking to his dad about the Affirmative Action policy at the firestation. Would you want someone of lower capability than an other applicant working on your team just because some bureaucrat thinks a quota of $gender/race is the correct way to bring diversity to the workplace? It is even the correct kind of diversity? Diversity of experience, opinion, skillset, or interest is surely something better to strive towards.
You seem to ignore the fact that discrimination and bigotry exist. What if you had an applicant who was a woman or minority who was qualified for the position, but was deliberately passed over? Yeah, that never happens, does it?
Furthermore, you seem to imply that all women or minorities are unqualified for the positions they are applying for.
Affirmative Action is intended to address people's moral/educational/ethical failings when it comes to racism and bigotry. It does a bad job at it in the same way that democracy is the best worst form of government. If you can find some way to keep people honest, let us know your ideas.
On the other hand, we have the Catch 22 of women not working in $Career, so girls don't take an interest in $Career at an early age, meaning women don't apply for jobs in $Career. Is it the fault of society for not making careers in, say, engineering more glamorous? Should we push hard for intellect being more attractive than physical appearance? Should we stop seeing a chosen occupation as inherently masculine or feminine? Is it upbringing or genetic predisposition?
Genetic predisposition only gets you so far in explaining behavior. It doesn't rule, it is a predisposition, and even that fails when you look at individuals. That's why they call them individuals. It addresses/explains some behavior. Then it stops -- not unlike the model for Newtonian physics works, then begins to break down under certain conditions.
If I were to follow my genetic predisposition, I would have been a football player. In this week alone, I've had two people jokingly ask me if I play football. I did as kid.
But it isn't my profession or even an interest. My profession is Linux admin. I am learning/loving Perl. I like comic books, RPGs, fantasy and speculative sci-fi. I get weird looks for those side interests because, based on my appearance, I'm supposed to behave another way. Oh yeah, and I'm "bi-racial", whatever the hell that means. Another incredibly stupid social construct, race.
When you take away ethnicity and all it implies, skin color is just that -- skin color. Larry Niven was making subtle comment on this when had his character Beowulf Schaefer take melanin pills to defensively darken his skin against the intense radiation of a sun.
Thanks for the lazy news.
It's not even news, really. It's just observation. Like walking outside during a thunderstorm, then printing: "New Discovery: Rain Soaks Your Clothes." Or "Ninjas Love Pork Rinds."
were this radioactive rat: Pizza!!
"Traveling through Federal airspace ain't like dusting crops, boy! Without precise calculations we could fly right through a blimp parade or bounce too close to a cell tower, and that'd end your trip real quick, wouldn't it?"
pimp you super computer?
Without life, Biology itself would be impossible.
