Why do you think that this spark of sentience would be limited to organic, human brains? If such a thing exists, I see no reason why a silicon mind wouldn't be just as suitable a vessel for this spark.

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Sure it does.

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So its Schrodinger's VM then?

Based on this section of ESEA's statement, it was an individual who pulled this stunt.

This is one of the points that the AG contends is unclear and/or deceptive. Specifically

From your statement above I'm not sure you realize this. The terms of the "loan" for the handset are contingent on you maintaining service with T-Mobile. By tying these two together the AG feels this violates the "No Contract" advertising.

Any pointers to good articles on how to do this and have everything work?

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The greatest danger from ricin is inhalation. The LD50 (50% chance of a dose being lethal) for ricin inhalation is 22 micrograms per kg. For an 80kg man this would be just 1.76 milligrams. Accidentally cough while opening the letter and its all over. Just pulling the letter out of the envelope would create enough airborne particles to be dangerous.

What I don't understand is this: Does someone think that the President of the United States actually opens his own mail?

Because that is where we set meaningful precedents that will have a significant impact on the interpretation of laws for years to come.

The service actually tries to address this. Before you can offer a song for sale you have to "quarantine" it to the application on your computer. The service checks to make sure you have not already sold the song before making it available for purchase. How that is accomplished I do not know. Once the song sells, your quarantined copy is deleted. You could have another copy offline somewhere but I think the software will detect it if you try to sell that same copy again. The service really did try to do more than just remind you that you are supposed to delete your copy now.