Comment Re:Cats hate robots... prefer to hate humans. (Score 1) 45
Turn on a Romba near a cat... they're either attack it or ignore it with imperious contempt.
..Or they might decide to use it as an awesome tool for dominating dogs.
Turn on a Romba near a cat... they're either attack it or ignore it with imperious contempt.
..Or they might decide to use it as an awesome tool for dominating dogs.
I'm surprised no one caught onto surface tension
Obiously someone caught onto surface tension, or you wouldn't have been able to make that comment.
I think Burpmaster was referring to the fact that in the Qur'an, the earth is said to be flat.
Are you sure about that? The Earth was understood to be round before Islam. I don't know if that understanding was in the Arab world at the time.
Yes.
And you guys are attacking the Muslims? How about cleaning up your own scum first?
Or how about not asking people to limit themself to thinking just one thought at a time? By the way - there are lot's of muslims being born and living in my country. I considered their fundamentalists just as much a part of "our own scum" as our christian fundamentalists.
Except that a lot of people who keep or don't keep their promises as politicians have to contend with 400 other politicians who also want to keep their promises. And when one politician says "I will cut taxes!" and another promises "I will fund social security!" You can't have both keep their promises.
And this is also something that politicians (hopefully) know. I contend that making promises that you know there is a big chance you won't be able to keep, even though it's because external reasons, is just as bad as making promises you don't intend to keep in the first place.
Now let's first use it on our politicians.
Thats actually not a bad idea, considering that previous research has found support for a link between degree of activity in amugdala and the anterior cingulate cortex, and wether or not people will keep their promises.
Would you see any major issues with limiting private possession of guns (say, limit to hunting/defense needs and otherwise require them to be stored securely at a range/shop, etc?)
From a practical standpoint, no. In principle, yes, because it implies a lack of thrust in me, and in my ability to act civil around other people.
. I also think it's sad. Why? When a gun/rifle is part of your life it becomes an option for everything.
Really? I have three guns, and I only use them for punching holes in paper from extended ranges, which I find relaxing. And truth be told, the only other option I can think of for them, is hunting, which I don't do. But, thanks for telling me how I should behave and think in order to fit your prejudices.
You could, for example, change the rules so that the action doesn't stop every time a point is scored-- make it a bit more like boxing or MMA. (Yes, I know that would change the nature of the sport quite a lot).
You mean, like a Dog Brothers-fight?
if we could just get the robots to only fight other robots...
Yes. Then, all your enemy would have to do to defeat your robot army, is to send a human army.
His machines weren't "robots" any more than Predator drones are: they were remote controlled by radio.
Yes. That is probably why he stated that they were remote-controlled.
No amount of careful planning will ever replace dumb luck.