I was in the Navy from the early 80's until the early 90's. When I joined, there seemed to be an understanding that most sailors were, basically, technicians, so once they passed a basic level of fitness, they merely were expected to do their jobs. Then, beginning about 1983 or so, there started to be this concept that everyone needed to get in better shape. Pretty understandable. But by the 90's, that had changed into, "everyone needs to be an athelete". Ridiculous. We need to recognize that the vast majority of the jobs in the military are support or tech roles that do not require excessive stamina or fitness. You cannot on the one hand say that everyone needs to be an athelete, and at the same time say, we're friendly to pregnant females.

The problem with AI is an extension of the problem with information in general. Right now, we have a problem in that when a computer says something, the trend is to believe that is the truth -- even if it does not make any sense. In other words, there is no question about how the information got into the system or any question as to its validity. Everyone just assumes that what Mr. Computer says is correct. Identity theft and credit theft are two of the biggest examples. It gets worse when you add AI into the equation. Now the system is making decisions based on incorrect data. And no one questions any of it.

I know. It's like they think no one had any critical thinking skills a century ago when the country started building railroads, suspension bridges, telephone systems, and hydroelectric dams all over the place.

Employers are concerned about critical thinking? Really? Because it seems to me that what they really want are employees who are willing to implement the latest stupid-assed plan a bunch of pointy-haired, mid-management, sociopathic dipshits have come up with, without question or comment.

I see goodthink is progressing doubleplusgood on Airstrip One. Anyone who commits thoughtcrime should become an unperson.

This is great. Now if we could only get a cell transplant that would allow idiots to think.

"Microsoft Lemona". I already don't want one.

Yep. The accompanying video to the Lockheed press release says "the size of a large truck", and shows a semi driving down the highway. So, more like 7'x10'x45'.

The sun is powering data centers all over the place right now... albeit from light it shined down on earth millions of years ago.

I don't know when the first successful manned Mars mission will happen, but I can tell you who WON'T be on it... That little 13-year-old girl who has been in the news claiming that she will be the first human on Mars, and nothing will stand in the way of her dream. Actually, the first person on Mars will be an officer of the Peoples Liberation Army, of China.

This might explain why grown men are more and more behaving like frightened old women these days.

The way I see it, the only possible problem is that the network claims that the show is based on real life. Otherwise, pretty much everything on TV is a made up story, including everything on "reality" shows, some of the stuff on the news, and perhaps even the occasional sporting event.

Or there may have been a tradition of this type of art dating back to a time before human populations migrated to different parts of the globe. We just haven't found anything older yet.

For me, the most fascinating thing about this story are the similarities between the Indonesian paintings and the European paintings, and that they are about the same age. It would seem that this style of artwork would be much older, and from a time before humans had migrated to those opposite corners of the world.

Exactly. My Subaru has a CVT transmission that I suspect gets its best efficiency higher than 55mph.