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Asimov's 30 laws of robotics
posted by Mutiny at 2008-07-15 21:13

Mutiny: 5. A robot may not obey orders given to it by any human being who is my worthless ex-wife, Brandi Asimov, because such orders would conflict with the Fourth Law.
Mutiny: 14. A robot must harm my ridiculous hooker ex-wife, Brandi Asimov, whenever possible, because she does not count as a human being because she has no soul.

http://www.flickpeek.com/anime/
posted by Fawn at 2008-07-15 21:06

http://www.circleid.com/posts/87143_dns_not_a_guessing_game/
posted by coderman at 2008-07-15 19:57

coderman: "if we tell you your DNS house is on fire, and we hand you a fire hose, take it"
Mutiny: If we tell you your DNS house is on fire, and we hand you a fire hose, you better drink from that fucking fire hose motherfucker if you know what's GOOD for you god help you if you didn't. it are a fact, we know because of our learnings.
Mutiny: Somebody telling me "I am an expert. Do what I say, because I tell you to. No, I'm not going to explain to you exactly why you need to do it" just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Comparison of theory and experiment: Landau-Zener transition probability for single qubits in a Leda chip
posted by coderman at 2008-07-15 19:38

coderman: "We are tracking to schedule which does include this [512+ qubit chips] as one of the objectives. It looks eminently achievable."

http://www.thememoryhole.org/
posted by coderman at 2008-07-15 19:37

coderman: yay for return of the memory hole!

Blow by blow of the B2 crash in Feburary
posted by Mutiny at 2008-07-15 19:09

Mutiny: Top right panel of the timeline graphic is probably the ultimate example of an "oh shit moment"

O NOE TEH DEBIAN QUAKE2 DOSNT COMPILE!
posted by kandinski at 2008-07-15 12:32

http://www.partidoimaginario.com/
posted by kandinski at 2008-07-15 11:45

People in LA used to wait in line to buy condos. Now they do it to get their money from failing banks.
posted by jillzilla at 2008-07-15 11:18

kandinski: California joins the Argentinian Way of Life (or at least of banking)

War Crimes and the Need to Wreck Before We Can Build:
posted by seti at 2008-07-15 02:11

seti: Actual liberal propaganda.

Startling Exposition of Liberal Propaganda
posted by rovar at 2008-07-15 01:17

seti: Be aware of this new Internet tradition.