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2017/03/11 08:07:35
Subject: Mankind continues to learn nothing from science fiction
NinthMusketeer wrote: God forbid the sci-fi scenario is real and these people come back as flesh-hungry zombies! Society could not deal with 20 non-contagious zombies!
They could make a TV show about them, it would be better acting then 99% of what is on TV now a days.
2017/04/09 10:59:26
Subject: Re:Mankind continues to learn nothing from science fiction
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
2017/04/09 13:09:13
Subject: Re:Mankind continues to learn nothing from science fiction
--note the phrasing ;" Scientists accidentally grew a chicken with the face of a dinosaur.."
..accidentally eh ?
...hmmm ....
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
2017/04/18 17:14:24
Subject: Re:Mankind continues to learn nothing from science fiction
That's exactly what I'd expect someone making a Terminator to say...
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
2017/04/18 17:21:05
Subject: Mankind continues to learn nothing from science fiction
if this robot is being sent into space why are we "training" it to shoot then eh ?
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
2017/04/18 17:54:58
Subject: Re:Mankind continues to learn nothing from science fiction
Note how in less than 2 weeks they've gone from being trained to use knives to being trained with firearms.
we're doomed.
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
2017/04/18 22:02:35
Subject: Re:Mankind continues to learn nothing from science fiction
reds8n wrote: Note how in less than 2 weeks they've gone from being trained to use knives to being trained with firearms.
we're doomed.
I think we thoroughly deserve it, at this point I'm more than happy to give the robots a go. Come on AI, time for a quiet revolution. Or indeed any sort.
2017/11/11 17:17:09
Subject: Re:Mankind continues to learn nothing from science fiction
A man says Amazon’s AI assistant threw its own “party” at his flat in the early hours of the morning, forcing the police to intervene.
Oliver Haberstroh, who lives in Hamburg, says his Alexa-enabled speaker started playing music at full-blast in the early hours of the morning, when nobody was at home to control it.
Police had to break into his sixth-floor flat in order to investigate the disturbance, which was reported to them by Mr Haberstroh’s neighbours.
The voice-controlled speaker started playing music between 1:50am and 3am. Mr Haberstroh says he was on a night out at the time.
After returning home to find a new lock on his door, he visited the police station and was given the corresponding set of keys and an invoice.
“While I was relaxed and enjoying a beer, Alexa managed on her own, without command and without me using my mobile phone, to switch on at full volume and have her own party in my apartment,” he wrote on Facebook.
“She decided to have it at a very inconvenient time, between 1.50am and 3.00am. My neighbours called the police.”
Amazon, which has offered to cover Mr Haberstroh’s bill, claims Alexa didn’t malfunction, but was "remotely activated".
“Working directly with the customer, we have identified the reason for the incident,” the company told the Inquirer.
“Echo was remotely activated and the volume increased through the customer's third party mobile music-streaming app.
“Although the Alexa cloud service worked flawlessly, Amazon has offered the customer to cover the cost for the incident.”
Never expected the robot uprising to begin over a dance party, but there we have it.
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
2017/11/11 18:02:59
Subject: Mankind continues to learn nothing from science fiction
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
2017/11/12 23:57:07
Subject: Mankind continues to learn nothing from science fiction
if this robot is being sent into space why are we "training" it to shoot then eh ?
Have you never seen the movie Armageddon? If we ever need to blow up an asteroid heading towards Earth, we'll need miniguns!
"The 75mm gun is firing. The 37mm gun is firing, but is traversed round the wrong way. The Browning is jammed. I am saying "Driver, advance." and the driver, who can't hear me, is reversing. And as I look over the top of the turret and see twelve enemy tanks fifty yards away, someone hands me a cheese sandwich."
2017/11/13 15:06:37
Subject: Re:Mankind continues to learn nothing from science fiction
if this robot is being sent into space why are we "training" it to shoot then eh ?
Same reason the F-35 is really a Veritech Fighter...
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
2017/11/13 22:47:39
Subject: Mankind continues to learn nothing from science fiction
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