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Comment Asimov's Law of Robotics (Score -1) 47

First Law:
A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
Second Law:
A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
Third Law:
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

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However, how would one limit a medical robot that performs surgery? It will initially "hurt" the patient for the benefit of that patient.
Or if a Police robot need to stop a perpetrator that aim to severely hurt or kill a child?

Comment Re:Because Science! (Score 1) 227

I will work - for several reasons.

There's Thorium... and if we can get rid of the ineffective submarine reactors currently in use in the power plants, we can extract lots more energy from the current nuclear waste.

Last I saw the estimates, it would produce energy for the entire world for over 50 years just by using the existing nuclear waste, because we use only about 10% at the moment. As an additional bonus, it would decrease the amount of waste and reduce the level of radiation tenfold.

PC Games (Games)

How PC Game Modders Are Evolving 98

Lanxon writes "Wired has a lengthy investigation into the state of PC game mods, and the amateurs keeping the scene exciting in the wake of draconian DRM placed on many PC titles by major studios. It highlights a number of creative modders, such as Scott Reismanis, founder and editor of Mod DB, and his community-driven alternative to Valve's Steam — Desura — which is 'a distribution system, and, like Steam, will sell games and champion indie titles. But the way it handles mods makes it even more exciting.'"
The Media

Linux Action Show Returns 61

BJ writes "The Linux Action Show, the Linux-podcast to end all Linux-podcasts, is returning with their 11th season after over 7 months off the air. Kicking it all off with a live streaming event this Saturday at 5pm. Topics are set to include: Maemo/Moblin merging into Meego, Open Source Nividia drivers with 3D, KDE 4.4 and much, much more."

Comment Re:Cheating (Score 0) 296

Regarding the limited PC.

It's already done, it's called The Mac.
Well, almost.

The iPhone is like that. Still, I don't think there are any limitations to where you want to call.

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