Re: [singularity] ESSAY: Why care about artificial intelligence?

2007-07-13 Thread Alan Grimes
> If it's a problem may I suggest you use a more user friendly terminal > such as gnome-terminal or konsole. They have profiles that can be > edited through the GUI. Not a bad suggestion, lemme see if my distro will let me kill Xterm... crap, it's depended on by xinit, which is the cornerstone of

Re: [singularity] ESSAY: Why care about artificial intelligence?

2007-07-13 Thread Joel Pitt
On 7/14/07, Alan Grimes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Tom McCabe wrote: > Is this a moderated list or not? Yeah, make sure the turd who had the chutzpah to call me a computer-criple gets the ax first! If it's a problem may I suggest you use a more user friendly terminal such as gnome-terminal or

Re: [singularity] ESSAY: Why care about artificial intelligence?

2007-07-13 Thread Alan Grimes
Tom McCabe wrote: > Is this a moderated list or not? Yeah, make sure the turd who had the chutzpah to call me a computer-criple gets the ax first! -- Opera: Sing it loud! :o( )>-< - This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go

Re: [singularity] ESSAY: Why care about artificial intelligence?

2007-07-13 Thread Tom McCabe
Is this a moderated list or not? - Tom --- Alan Grimes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jey Kottalam wrote: > > On 7/12/07, Alan Grimes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >> White on black text, which I have to manually set > my X-term for every > >> time I open a fucking window on Linux is the best

Re: [singularity] ESSAY: Why care about artificial intelligence?

2007-07-13 Thread Alan Grimes
Jey Kottalam wrote: > On 7/12/07, Alan Grimes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> White on black text, which I have to manually set my X-term for every >> time I open a fucking window on Linux is the best compromise available >> for such crippled systems. =( > [Off Topic] > Sounds more like a crippled

Re: [singularity] ESSAY: Why care about artificial intelligence?

2007-07-13 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On 13/07/07, Mike Tintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Comment: You and others seem to be missing the point, which obviously needs spelling out. There is no way of endowing any agent with conceptual goals that cannot be interpreted in ways opposite to the designer's intentions - that is in the gen

Re: [singularity] ESSAY: Why care about artificial intelligence?

2007-07-13 Thread BillK
On 7/13/07, Jey Kottalam wrote: On 7/12/07, Alan Grimes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > White on black text, which I have to manually set my X-term for every > time I open a fucking window on Linux is the best compromise available > for such crippled systems. =( > [Off Topic] Sounds more like a