Comment Re:"Robot Maid" has so many connotations (Score 1) 317
Most of the robot maid functions could also be covered by automated house.
Sir, I do not see myself plugging into the "wall socket"
Most of the robot maid functions could also be covered by automated house.
Sir, I do not see myself plugging into the "wall socket"
If you've read The Diamond Age, the Primer is a good example
Even in that vision of the distant future, human intervention was required to make it work completely.
True, in that certain copies had people involved, but I guess it was more an optional feature, to allow the parent to guide or influence certain decisions, Anyway the primers for the chinese orphans were described as AIs lacking human intervention.
The differences between an AK-47 and an M-16 is that an M-16 is a finicky beast, but its also a more accurate beast - you will achieve rates of fire and accuracy with an M-16 that you wouldn't with an AK-47, but it comes at the price of higher maintenance requirements.
True true. While both designers of the AK-47 and M-16 (AR-15) were WWII veterans, work on the rifles that eventually resulted in the AK-47 started during WWII itself (SKS, Mikhtim) was started due to the designer's (Mikhail Kalashnikov) complains with their Soviet rifles, hence reliability in the field was prioritized.
Then you just copy the end result.
Yes, hence the original purpose of the patent system, to give the original researchers a chance to recover their investment and thus motivate research
Apple
I wonder how much they invested to get the rectangular box with curved edges design which they are currently using to sue their competitors out of the tablet market...
At this rate, IF WE TAKE ONE EVOLUTION PATH to the extreme, men are going to be reduced to a set of shaft and balls. Kept in male "libraries" until some female wants it and then
A planet full of women? Maybe I've been reading too much manga, but that somehow sounds kinky.
I blame
Sorry, but in my point of view, "Evolution" is just natural selection. It's not pro-human, it doesn't gurantee that humans will develop and implement an alternative in time.
In fact, evolution will see that if humans fall, something else will evolve to replace them. Unless something stops evolution, like killing all life off the planet.
Malaysia has this thing called the Internal Security Act
Please note that the ISA (Internal Security Act) was enacted by the British during the post WW2 period for use against communist insurgents that were plaguing the country then. ISA was then extended due to activities by Indonesian saboteurs and the 1969 racial/political riots.
It has been used frequently to put down opposition, most notably during the 1980s as part of Operation Lalang.
The current usage of the ISA as a brickbat was introduced then PM when he was voted out of the ruling political party. Much progress on Malaysia's democracy was lost that time.
nasty about their God, when these people will kill you for drawing a fricking cartoon,
The tweets was about Mohammed, not God. Anyway, it was more like a one to one talk between 2 men (the journalist and Mohammed).
to get away you go to ANOTHER crazy jihad country!
actually he was on the way to New Zealand. And Malaysia was just a transit point. It's easier to get out of SA to another Islamic country than straight to NZ. Plain dumb luck that Saudi pushed the warrant through Interpol fast.
does that mean, society is ok with getting repressed as long as they can talk against it, even if it doesnt provide any fruits ?
It seems modern man is much more obedient than medieval peasant.
Yes, considering that quite recently (relatively) "complaining" about repression was considered sedition and will get ya jailled for it. In fact, Malaysia has a ton of anti-sedition laws that is still being used to slap down on opposition.
It's not that moderm man is more obedient, it just that we're less anonymous. A medieval man can run to the next country and start a new life, but not a modern man
have other, bigger problems to deal with in the everyday life
Vampires?
Probably was written before WWII where huge technological leaps clearly affected the war's outcome: A-bomb, radar, enigma
Not really, Nazi Germany fits the story, with its advanced tech (and many firsts) but inferior production. V1 cruise missile? V2 ballistic rocket? The Tiger heavy tank? Me 262 jet fighter. StG 44 assault rifle. The list goes on.
Anyway, the A-bomb finished the War in the Pacific, but that was already a foregone conclusion. And the Enigma was cracked early on, so it was a negative advancement since it gave the Allies intel.
8 Catfish = 1 Octo-puss
