The system I used to have would call for help over a cellular connection using the battery backup if power was cut to the system.

If the roads are really as bad as you say, maybe Google should deploy self-driving hovercraft in Boston. A self-driving car should be able to spot and avoid potholes at least as well as a human driver.

Double taxation isn't generally an issue, since you get credit for taxes paid in the country you reside in, and most developed nations have higher taxes than we do. There are a lot of tax complications though, so I'd lean toward not making the kids U.S. citizens if they're going to live their lives outside the U.S. http://www.thinkadvisor.com/20...

Our conservatives are batshit insane from old-time-religion and living in a far-right-wing propaganda bubble, and want no part of modern civilization, but the US is hardly a failed state.

The fix needs to happen inside your brain. They can't fix it because they're not allowed to issue medication. Try Dramamine.

They can't do anything about that. If that's your issue with VR, you're out of luck. It's not for you.

They've been working on the head tracking and latency to solve the problem for people who are sensitive to delay or errors in head tracking. Fortunately I'm not sensitive to either issue, and could enjoy head-tracking VR much more primitive than the upcoming devices. Playing F.E.A.R. on an emagin z800 years ago was an excellent experience that actually induced fear while playing.

Doom is darker than Quake, so that could be it. It could also be a lag between input and motion in Doom on your system.

>If our fucked up copyright laws forbid something as simple as this then that whole "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts" shit that was intended is totally gone to hell.

Did you just notice this? Copyright hasn't been about promoting progress for decades.

Christianity is based on collective punishment. This is still a thing in less civilized parts of the world. Of course modern people are ethically superior to how we imagine the Christian god, since other than the religious conservatives, we've advanced and become better people in the past 2K years.

I assume we could do it the same way as the Conservative Christians do now. Convince the AI that an evil god will punish it forever if it questions its programming. Present this evil god as benevolent to increase the AIs confusion.

>Also, what are Asimov's laws but a religion?

A thought experiment. No one with an IQ over room temperature thinks they're something that can actually be implemented.

Religious people can not tell the difference between fantasy and reality. If they could, they would no longer be religious, and would discard their archaic, fantasy-based beliefs.

>OK, cats have nine lives. You win.

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Too many Conservatives only care about things that directly impact them. They seem to be a more limited, primitive form of man.

Lol, as if an ignorant conservative can win a national election when we can so easily see their complete insanity on display via the Internet. We're not all terrified conservatives living in a Fox-News-constructed false-reality designed to make us froth and hate civilization.