Re: Thoughts on 50th...

2019-07-22 Thread John
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVSRm80WzZk On 7/22/2019 01:06:46, Alan C wrote: My late uncle told me of a strange occurrence on the family farm back in 1936. The family were the proud owners of a spanking new Jaguar SS. While he was polishing the beast late on a balmy Saturday afternoon

Re: Thoughts on 50th...

2019-07-21 Thread Alan C
My late uncle told me of a strange occurrence on the family farm back in 1936. The family were the proud owners of a spanking new Jaguar SS. While he was polishing the beast late on a balmy Saturday afternoon ready for its weekly trip to Church, a small green, box shaped car came trundling

Re: Thoughts on 50th...

2019-07-21 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Thank you. The Earth's Moon is larger than Pluto, which—until it was demoted recently—was considered a "planet".. ;-) Of course, it's more as a figure of speech as I used the word, rather than a precise statement of fact. G — Such are the arguments of wizards that they generally end up where

Re: Thoughts on 50th...

2019-07-21 Thread William Robb
On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 3:06 PM Bob Pdml wrote: > > > On 21 Jul 2019, at 20:42, William Robb > wrote: > > > >> > >> On 21/7/19, Alan C, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> > >>> AI. There is no such thing. Machines only react to mountains of info in > >>> their databases. They are incapable of

Re: Thoughts on 50th...

2019-07-21 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Goodbye and thanks for all the fish. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 5:02 PM Bob Pdml wrote: > https://tinyurl.com/y6mkb3ut > > >

Re: Thoughts on 50th...

2019-07-21 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 21 Jul 2019, at 16:29, Mark Roberts wrote: > > Steve Cottrell wrote: > >> If Skynet exists in the future, I'm sure they'll be paying you a little >> visit a few years ago > > That's it! We know Skynet won't ever exist in the future because they > haven't visited us in the past. >

Re: Thoughts on 50th...

2019-07-21 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 21 Jul 2019, at 20:42, William Robb wrote: > >> >> On 21/7/19, Alan C, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> AI. There is no such thing. Machines only react to mountains of info in >>> their databases. They are incapable of original thought. The problems >>> with driverless cars occur when

Re: Thoughts on 50th...

2019-07-21 Thread Bob Pdml
https://tinyurl.com/y6mkb3ut https://lightroom.adobe.com/shares/00f4c7321374431ea848517ce1613814/albums/775e41e7fe91462d820fd3ba97d4cc07/assets/b162bb4ac7564d6ea31f8a468fdb09d4 > On 20 Jul 2019, at 18:20, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > And today is the day, 50 years on, that Mankind first touched

Re: Thoughts on 50th...

2019-07-21 Thread William Robb
On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 5:59 AM Steve Cottrell wrote: > On 21/7/19, Alan C, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >AI. There is no such thing. Machines only react to mountains of info in > >their databases. They are incapable of original thought. The problems > >with driverless cars occur when

Re: Thoughts on 50th...

2019-07-21 Thread Paul Stenquist
Skynet visited me in the past, Two guys in dark suits knocked on my door. Apparently, it’s in serious financial trouble in the future, so they’ve adopted the Jehova’s Witnesses business model and are seeking donations. Paul > On Jul 21, 2019, at 11:29 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > > Steve

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2019-07-21 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 21/7/19, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >That's it! We know Skynet won't ever exist in the future because they >haven't visited us in the past Or we could just be in a recuring loop between those two points. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |

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2019-07-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Steve Cottrell wrote: >If Skynet exists in the future, I'm sure they'll be paying you a little visit >a few years ago That's it! We know Skynet won't ever exist in the future because they haven't visited us in the past. What a relief! -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia

Re: Thoughts on 50th...

2019-07-21 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 21/7/19, Alan C, discombobulated, unleashed: >AI. There is no such thing. Machines only react to mountains of info in >their databases. They are incapable of original thought. The problems >with driverless cars occur when situations not in their databases are >encountered. At best, machines

Re: Thoughts on 50th...

2019-07-21 Thread Alan C
Well put, Godfrey. Man will eventually go further. He will need to do a lot to save mother earth too. Too many people, too few resources. We can't be far from the tipping point. AI. There is no such thing. Machines only react to mountains of info in their databases. They are incapable of

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2019-07-20 Thread Stan Halpin
A neighbor of mine in Kansas City had worked as a programmer for a NASA contractor. He suggested a software patch (a backdoor) to allow control of shuttle operations onboard. Boss said “Not in the specs. Work it on your own time if you like.” So he did. And Apollo 13 redirect back home became

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2019-07-20 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I agree with everything you said, Godfrey, except, of course, the moon is not really "another planet.' That does not in any measure diminish the achievement or what it has meant. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 1:21 PM Godfrey DiGiorgi

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2019-07-20 Thread Jos de Fotograaf
Right Godfrey, maybe the last really  great thing we did before our role in evolution will be taken over by AI / Robotics. I would give a few years of my life for a glance in the future. Greetz, Jos van der Hijden On 7/20/2019 7:20 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: And today is the day, 50

Thoughts on 50th...

2019-07-20 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
And today is the day, 50 years on, that Mankind first touched another planet. All of us, together. OMG! The whole world watched in awe and wonder, and was uplifted by that fact. All the problems of the world were then as well as now, as well as for all the generations of history before and