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garbon

Quote from: Liep on February 16, 2017, 05:10:45 AM
Why do you guys get commercials on the internet? :huh:

YouTube? And then the rest, I think, was the ad spots on websites.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Razgovory

Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on February 16, 2017, 05:01:31 AM
The internet is convinced that I am fascinated by office furniture sales and events in Uruguay  :hmm:

For me, nothing but discount yarmulkes.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Valmy

Jaron posted this on facebook. I thought Berkut might like it.

Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Syt

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Eddie Teach

Quote from: Valmy on February 16, 2017, 11:25:11 AM
Jaron posted this on facebook. I thought Berkut might like it.



At least he waited until the party was over.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Malthus

Quote from: Syt on February 16, 2017, 01:45:47 AM


Good pic for Pink Floyd's "Sheep".  :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-oJt_5JvV4

QuoteWave upon wave of demented avengers
march cheerfully out of obscurity into the dream
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Habbaku

Because, Texas:

http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/85R/billtext/pdf/HC00075I.pdf#navpanes=0

QuoteWHEREAS, The Lone Star Flag has a grand history, starting with its adoption as the third flag of the Republic of Texas by President Mirabeau B. Lamar and the Texas Congress in 1839, and just as our flag could never fully embody the country of Chile, neither can the Chilean flag inspire feelings of pride and passion in the heart of a true Texan; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas hereby reject the notion that the Chilean flag, although it is a nice flag, can in any way compare to or be substituted for the official state flag of Texas and urge all Texans not to use the Republic of Chile flag emoji in digital forums when referring to the Lone Star Flag of the great State of Texas.
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.

-J. R. R. Tolkien

Valmy

:lol:

Oh God. Thanks Leg I will try my best to conform in patriotic zeal.

Good thing A&M did their honoring of Chile before this glorious proclamation was submitted.

Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Eddie Teach

I can never remember which is which.  :sleep:
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Valmy

Quote from: Eddie Teach on February 17, 2017, 12:15:43 PM
I can never remember which is which.  :sleep:

Chile has a longer red stripe, we have a longer blue stripe.

Chile was liberated by a dirty Irishman, while Texas was liberated by a dirty Scotsman.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Caliga

Last year a film debuted at a London film festival written by an AI named Benjamin.  I didn't hear about that till just now.... pretty neat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP0gJDZaVxA
0 Ed Anger Disapproval Points

Valmy

I don't really see the value in creating art AIs like this. We don't need to make machines to do work people actually want to do.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Caliga

Quote from: Valmy on February 17, 2017, 12:40:34 PM
I don't really see the value in creating art AIs like this. We don't need to make machines to do work people actually want to do.
Benjamin disagrees.

What do you think of your historic nomination against human opponents in this contest?
I was pretty excited.
I think I can see the feathers when they release their hearts. It's like a breakdown of the facts. So they should be competent with the fact that they won't be surprised.

What is the future of machine written entertainment?
It's a bit sudden.
I was thinking of the spirit of the men who found me and the children who were all manipulated and full of children. I was worried about my command. I was the scientist of the Holy Ghost.

What's next for you?
Here we go. The staff is divided by the train of the burning machine building with sweat. No one will see your face. The children reach into the furnace, but the light is still slipping to the floor. The world is still embarrassed.
The party is with your staff.
My name is Benjamin.
0 Ed Anger Disapproval Points

The Brain

Quote from: Valmy on February 17, 2017, 12:40:34 PM
I don't really see the value in creating art AIs like this. We don't need to make machines to do work people actually want to do.

:wacko:
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Eddie Teach

Quote from: Valmy on February 17, 2017, 12:40:34 PM
I don't really see the value in creating art AIs like this. We don't need to make machines to do work people actually want to do.

Some people want to make movies, others want to make AIs that make movies.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?