… and we can thank Japan for it. Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is working on a new set of safety guidelines for next-generation robots. This set of regulations would constitute a first attempt at a formal version of the first of Asimov’s science-fictional Laws of Robotics, or at least the portion that…
(from Fact Check) Summary The business-backed Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) released two ads last week to “counter global warming alarmism.” One of the ads says research shows “The Antarctic ice sheet is getting thicker, not thinner. . . Why are they trying to scare us?” Actually, scientists say increased snowfall in Antarctica’s interior is evidence that global warming is taking place. Scientists also say that the…
I am offended by rape.I am offended by murder.I am offended by theft.I am offended by violence towards others. I am not offended by ideas. __ I am feeling much better. Thanks for all the kind thoughts. And my comment about writer’s block… check it out again. I don’t need a cure for writer’s block,…
Doctor just called. Without surgery, I will be in chronic pain for the rest of my life. No sitting in a chair for more than five minutes. No standing for more than ten. Not without severe pain that only narcotics can releive. I have to go now. Typing this hurts. I thought the pain would…
Right when my back starts healing… the sneezing begins. Putting me right back where I started.
This isn’t news to me (or many others who read this), but the way he said it is beautiful. (from the IMDB) McKellen: “Homosexuality Made Me Feel Like a Mutant” Sir Ian McKellen took inspiration for his role in X-Men: The Last Stand from society’s treatment of homosexuals, because he was made to feel like…
Someone superglued one of our locks. I called the locksmith to change it out. While he was here, I bought him lunch (pizza and salad) and picked his brain. He got out the tools and showed me how to pick a lock. I am now a 2nd level thief. (Not a rogue. Thieves who call…
The most beautiful expression of true love: “It’s okay, Marv. You can call me Goldie.”