FTA: The team is aiming not at a true thinking machine but at a new class of software that can 'understand' human questions and respond to them correctly.

I feel like someone should tell them how Jeopardy works... That thing isn't going to have too many questions to respond to.

Except at the "meet the contestant" part, maybe, which by the way should be fascinating.

Why? Honestly, who in their right mind wants to live anywhere but on Earth? We are perfectly suited for life on this planet and no other. We have beautiful mountains, ocean, fresh water, we don't need "life-support" systems just to take a walk outside, and we sure as hell don't need a rocket to get here.

I could see the attraction and novety of a three day mars or moon vacation, but beyond that, I'm staying here.

Music is a living, breathing thing, and tempo fluctuations are to be expected and welcomed. It's part of music.

The way to record properly is to first record a scratch track with the whole band playing the song. Then each musician records their own track, playing along with the scratch track in their monitors, until they've recorded the whole thing the way they want it (with whatever splices they want). This makes tempo fluctuations a moot point since everyone's playing along with the same scratch track.

Sure, 15 years later.... What about 500 years from now?