I hate bureaucracy as much as the next person, but it does seem to be the best way humans have found to institutionalize advanced knowledge to the point where very complex procedures can be handled by mere mortals.

Spreading the wealth pleases the folks on the left, and enhancing the military pleases the folks on the right. A win-win situation, as far as politics in the US is concerned.

I suppose that another way of dealing with the politics of a complex project is the way Putin financed the Olympics. He spread the wealth too.

I am the mornin' DJ on W O L D

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This reminds me of the Uncanny Valley. Up to a certain point making the AI better and better makes the NPC seem more real, until they become too convincing and then their shortcomings suddenly become glaring and overshadow everything else.
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The words "Uncanny Valley" are linked to the Wikipedia page. The blog is all about Skyrim, so all you 'Rimmers out there might like to check it out.

+1, excellent post, thx

Interesting points. Fwiw, I enjoy both games, and my "immersion observations" are the reverse. I can immerse myself in the western, while Portal I find to be an interesting puzzle game with robots.

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Rollin'!

Ok, you got a laugh out of me.

Yeah, they're damned if they do and damned if they don't.

Of course, they're politicians.

The Damned.

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Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company - Mark Twain

I'll see your lol, and raise you a <g>

Ah. Bullying. Got it.

The F-14 could not out-dogfight an F-15.

Companies assume they have the right to use force, and they occasionally even resort to murder. There is no place for them in a free market.

Once it gets into the hands of the pubescents out there, any social norms may be thrown out the window. Today's kids grew up w/ the likes of FB/twitter/etc, and saw no problems with sharing everything about their lives on the 'net. Today, many or most do not care that they are constantly broadcasting their location to the ether, with GPS accuracy (I might add, as most of us put up with the fact that we broadcast our locations to cell towers at all times). Tomorrow's kids, once price and availability for Glass (or something like it) are more consumer oriented, will glom onto it as a favorite new toy. There will be lots of apps and utilities; new social sites designed for Glass such as FacePalm (tm) that the kids will flock to (until their parents learn how to use it); and they will create their own games and memes.

sr

Hey you kids, quit looking at my lawn!