I'd say, ditch the nvidia setup and acquire a matrox video board. http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/graphics_cards/ Linux supports matrox boards very nicely with all bells and whistles. Especially if you're only interested in hw accell 2d.

a port to our favorite penguin-powered platform is imminent? I think I recall ID telling us there'd be no linux version of RAGE technology!

but when I go to sleep, I close my eyes and presto! all leds are gone from my sight!

because then I could lick my balls :)

I completely agree. My general state during the movies was "Die Hobbits Die!!!" which they regrettably failed to do which ruined the movies for me. Wrecking some cars or throwing some bricks at cops seemed like a proper emotional response after 9 hours of torture.
they should have used pr0n....

Yes, it was meant to overstate the argument. Let me try and rephrase. If robots are indistinguishable from people, the ethics of people would automatically apply to the robots. So if you want to have such a sex toy I would call it prostitution on a industrial scale. the fact that the robot is a robot and not an actual human has become so extremely vague it's almost meaningless, wouldn't you say? Even some big red mark saying 'robot' on its forehead wouldn't help much. I just find it amusing to think about the ethical changes society has to go through :)
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That would raise the question 'Should this be considered prostitution', wouldn't it? and IMHO it should. If you gave Jude Law money for having sex w/ him (I assume that's what those women would use him for...) that *would* be considered prostitution. and if robots look that close to humans you can't tell the difference, ethics become extremely vague. Consider a rape: the accused could always claim he thought she/he was a robot... If you like japanese animations, check out Vexille http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970472/ an (imho) excellent example of how robotica and related ethics could evolve.
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So, third parties can initiate my uplink's termination? smells like a denial of service attack :)
I wonder if that's legal...
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