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Non-political things that make you say...WTF?!?! (Welcome To Florida!) **NOT CV RELATED** NO TALKY!

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussion' started by darkturtleninja, Feb 12, 2009.

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    Noelie84

    Noelie84 What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

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    Meanwhile, in Atlanta...
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    CurtB

    CurtB Old Timer knowitall

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    It's the Navy's newest sub, you weren't supposed to see that.
     
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    cruxofthebisquit Well-Known Member

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    3:40 and 8:00 also.
     
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    nagorb

    nagorb Should be a dang perma mod

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    shakerhood Well-Known Member

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    That damn thing makes me nervous, can you imagine trying to get away from it if it were chasing you?
     
  6. Mar 2, 2017 at 6:55 PM
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    truchador Well-Known Member

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  7. Mar 2, 2017 at 7:00 PM
    File IFR

    File IFR "... Intercepting The Localizer"

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    That place is a stone's throw away from me. I never got to see any demos outside of the facility though. :(
     
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  9. Mar 2, 2017 at 7:07 PM
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    gpb Well-Known Member

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    They were doing the *stealth* versions then... :D

    I notice the video doesn't show any UPstairs or UPhill... Solvable I'm sure, but I bet it's slower.
     
  10. Mar 2, 2017 at 7:09 PM
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    I could not help but think of that movie too, really makes you think...
     
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    gpb

    gpb Well-Known Member

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    I basically think we're all f'd once some dumbass actually comes up with an AI that's faster/smarter/better than humans. That will be the beginning of the Singularity. Asimov's laws of robotics nonwithstanding.
     
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    KenLyns 8.75" Third Member

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    When will they weaponize it?

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  13. Mar 2, 2017 at 8:29 PM
    gpb

    gpb Well-Known Member

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    Got this flyer for Doctor Strange checks in a recent bill.

    I'm struggling with the target market. Geeks who eschew technology and use paper checks? Seems a pretty small market segment.

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  14. Mar 2, 2017 at 8:29 PM
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    okie Pick your poison

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    G.T. Official TW Burrito Inspector

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    Who the hell still writes checks? Cash or debit for me only.
     
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    Read "In The Ocean Of Night" by Benford.

    Cliff's Notes:

    Alien probe enters solar system repeating radio broadcasts it has picked up.

    Turns out that aliens are AI and view all organic life as unpredictable and dangerous.

    They wipe out industrialized life and set "Watcher" satellites around planets with organic life to nuke them if they ever start developing technology.

    Another really good series of AI run amok is the Berserker series by Saberhagen.

    Here's a very good Berserker short story in its entirety
     
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    gpb

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    @CJREX Yep, it's a not-uncommon trope that answers the Fermi Paradox.
     
  19. Mar 3, 2017 at 6:19 AM
    gpb

    gpb Well-Known Member

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    I saw this yesterday. Guess it's how the almost 1% but can't afforded a chauffeur set learns to drive?

    (in case anyone goes full dickhead safety nazi, they and I were stopped in a turn lane)
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  20. Mar 3, 2017 at 6:25 AM
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    Clever but OSHA would have a fit...

     
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