Comment Re:Masses reaction (Score 4, Insightful) 202
Of course, Faust's deal with the devil was signed too.
Of course, Faust's deal with the devil was signed too.
Everything in my house is "solar" powered in the sense that I have elected a solar provider as my power supplier. (Through de-regulation, supply and delivery are de-coupled in NY and can be purchased separately).
What possessed you to give your SSN to DirectTV?
What possible reason could they have to require that information in the first place, and why would you deal with a business that required it?
HP sauce
Was that known as Compaq sauce before the merger?
Is it ethical to kill the toddler?
One might argue that if you're picnicking in a war zone, you get what you deserve. Once the robot kills the toddler, I'm sure it will be forced to kill the irate parents that attack it. At that point, the robot might have preemptively done the toddler a favor by a) keeping it from being an orphan and b) not making it watch its parent's deaths.
All kidding aside, I'd like to presume that if we can build airport scanners so that TSA agents can look at naked people, we can make these robots determine whether to kill an intruder based not just on their presence, but on whether they pose a threat.
As part of a signature drive by Republicans seeking to fund cancer research, they are also collecting signatures for a ballot initiative to alter California's electoral votes in their favor. People are being asked to sign a petition for cancer research and are being handed the petition for the electoral scheme. See the video
In much of the western U.S., water demand vastly outstrips supply. Some municipalities are moving toward a greater use of recycled waste water as a means to stretch supply. It sounds good in theory, but how far should it go?
I'm prompted to consider the issue by a story reported in The Record, a paper in California's San Jaquin valley.
Unless you live under a rock, you already know that the Writers Guild of America is on strike -- a move aimed at crippling the Motion Picture and Television industries. Since many major news outlets are controlled by the same organizations the writers are striking against, it is not surprising that people are not hearing the pittance for which the writers are asking. What follows is a selection of videos to explain the issue.
First, a simple explanation of the issues:
Two can Live as Cheaply as One for Half as Long. -- Howard Kandel